October 16 – Feast Day of the Purity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Feast Day of the Purity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
October 16
This image of Our Lady of Purity hung in Padre Pio’s cell in San Giovanni Rotondo.
We have no information on the artist or date.
His own mother gave him this picture. He said that “The Blessed Mother is the Mother of all mothers,” and he referred to her affectionately as “my dear little Mother.” In one of his letters he wrote, “Poor dear mother, how she loves me! What great care she took to accompany me to the altar this morning. It seemed to me that she had nothing else to think about except myself, as she filled my whole heart with sentiments of holy love. I wish I had a voice strong enough to invite the sinners of the world to love Our Lady. But since this is not within my power, I have prayed and will pray to my dear Angel to perform this task for me.” [From the Housetops, p. 14.]
From the Book of Heaven
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