…our visit to one of his relics.
Nine years ago this week, a true relic of this great saint came to Boston upon the request of Cardinal Sean O’Malley. A crowd packed the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston for the grand event. Miraculously, my husband and I were in the front pew. It was a special moment to be able to venerate the relic of Padre Pio’s heart.
Padre Pio is a remarkable saint who bore the stigmata (wounds of Christ) for 50 years. Those wounds included the shoulder wound like that of Our Lord’s borne from carrying the cross. Saint Pio once said that was the most painful physical pain from the stigmata.
My book, Miraculous, has an amazing story about him averting bombs from damaging the monastery during WWII. Check it out!