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OCTOBER  5TH  

PADRE  PIO  MEETING  

8:30  ST.  BARNABAS  

Mass,  Prayers,  Speaker,  Food  

SPRITUAL DIRECTOR: REV. FR. EDWARD JANOCH

GROUP LEADER: CINDY RUSSO

ST. PADRE PIO PRAYER GROUP NEWSLETTER

Welcome   all   faithful   members   and   thank   you   for   coming   to  pray  at   this   St.  Pio  Prayer  Group  meeting.    Meetings  will   be  the  first  Saturday  of  the  month  at  St.  Barnabas  Church,  9451  Brandywine   Road   in   Northfield   Center,   OH.     The   next  meeting  will  be  September  7.  The  group  will  begin  with  Holy  Mass   at   8:30   am.,   then   the   Rosary,   Divine   Mercy   Chaplet,  Guest  Speaker  &  Refreshments.        

OCTOBER  12TH  7th  Annual  Rosary  Rally  at  Noon  at  Twinsburg  Town  

Square  at  Rts  82/91  

Happy  Birthday  to  Our  Blessed  Mother  on  Sept.8th!    Happy  Feast  Day  to  St.  Padre  Pio  on  Sept.23rd!                        The  highest  praise  we  can  give  them  is  imitation!    St.  Pio  proclaimed  the  way  to  become  close  to  Jesus  is  through  Mary.  His  last  words  he  said  on  this  earth  on  Sept.23,  1968  was  Gesu  and  Maria.  He  raised  the  awareness  of  the  marvelous  harmony  between  prayer  and  action.    It  is  so  wonderfully  present  among  the  members  of  the  Prayer  Groups.  Other  representatives  of  the  Church  and  the  Local  Churches  have  seen  and  praised  God  for  the  good  the  Prayer  Groups  of  Padre  Pio  are  doing  as  they  fulfill  their  promises  to  be  faithful  spiritual  children  of  Padre  Pio.  Let  us  not  lose  sight  of  all  the  good  God  can  do  and  is  doing  through  us.  The  more  we  strive  to  work  together  sharing  our  time-­‐talents-­‐treasures,  and  seek  to  grow  in  grace  by  faithfully  living  as  Jesus’  words  direct  and  our  Baptismal  Promises  pledge,  the  more  will  we  make  an  impact  for  Christ  in  our  world.        The  key  is  ‘for  Christ’  not  for  ‘me-­‐myself-­‐I’.  Let  us  open  our  eyes  to  see,  our  hearts  to  embrace  everyone  as  companions  on  the  journey.  Not  only  to  ‘our  own’  but  also  to  others  may  we  be  a  sign  of  hope,  encouragement  and  affirmation,  that  those  who  encounter  us  may  see  the  face  and  love  of  Jesus  who  closed  Himself  to  no  one  who  came  to  Him  and  was  always  ready  and  willing  to  respond  to  the  needs  of  others.  The  pilgrims  who  made  the  pilgrimage  to  Washington,  NJ  witnessed  this  first  hand.    When  we  are  all  gathered  to  love  and  worship  God,  we  became  truly  brothers  and  sisters.  There  were  no  strangers;  we  were  all  family.  Let  us  never  forget  that  spiritual  growth  of  the  inner  person  is  always  apparent  by  the  love,  concern,  and  openness  we  have  for  persons  whom,  we  encounter  each  day.    May  God  Bless  you,  may  Our  Lady  guide,  guard,  and  protect  you,  and  may  Padre  Pio  watch  over  with  loving  care.

OCTOBER  3rd  Holy  Hour  for  

Vocations  7  p.m.    St.  Barnabas  Church  

Rosary  &  Benediction  

Padre  Pio  Loved  Our  Blessed  Mother!    October  is  the  Month  of  the  Rosary  Join  over  1  million  people  saying  the  Rosary  at  over  10,000  Rosary  Rallies  throughout  the  USA  on  Saturday,  

October  12  at  noon.    Find  a  Rally  near  you  at  the  organization,  ‘America  

Needs  Fatima’  (www.anf.org)  or  sign  up  to  host  one  in  your  area.  

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Spiritual Director’s Reflections

    We  are  not  excused  from  doing  God’s  Will,  God’s  Work  in  our  daily  life.    We,  who  have  been  baptized  into  the  Roman  Catholic  Church   are   required   to   do   the  God’s  Will,  God’s  work   for  His  Glory   and   the   Salvation  of   Souls.    We  cannot  say  that  we  are  too  tired,  too  weak,  too  uneducated  to  do  God’s  Work  on  earth.    The  Holy  One’s  of  God  did  it,  the  Saints;  so  must  we.    Yet,  how  many  times  do  we  give  in  to  convincing  ourselves  that  we  cannot  do  God’s  Will,  God’s  Work.    That  is  way  we  must  take  time  to  restore  ourselves  physically,  mentally,  emotionally,  and  spiritually,  if  we  are  to  persevere   in  doing   the  Will  and  Work  of  God.    Prayer;   spiritual  reading   from  the  Sacred  Scriptures  and  religious  and  theological   works;   participation   in   the   Sacrament;   retreats;   and   pilgrimages   are   the   ways   to   recharge,   reenergize  ourselves  to  do  God’s  Will,  God’s  Work.         On   August   24  &  25,   2013,   our   diocesan   St.   Padre   Pio   Prayer  Group  went   on   a   pilgrimage   to   the  Blue  Army  Shrine,  in  Washington,  New  Jersey  and  to  the  St.  Padre  Pio  Shrine  in  Bartos,  Pennsylvania.    The  fifty-­‐six  pilgrims  spent  much   time   in   prayer   and   reflection   as  we   prayed   the   Rosary;   attended   Eucharistic   Adoration   and   Benediction;   and  celebrated  the  Sacrifice  of   the  Mass  at  the  Blue  Army  Shrine.    We  also  had  some  time  to  gather  for  a  meal  at  Otto’s  German  House   for  a  dinner  and  a   talk   from  Joseph  A.  Trapani,  who  wrote  a  book  about   life  of  a  man  named  Eublio  Cardone,  a  man  saved  by  Padre  Pio.    On  Sunday,  August  25th,  we  celebrated  Mass  at  the  Cathedral  of  St.  Catherine  of  Siena,  in  the  Diocese  of  Allentown.    We  arrived  at  the  Shrine  of  St.  Padre  Pio  and  listened  to  a  fifteen  minute  film  on  St.  Padre  Pio  done  by  the  television  show,  Unsolved  Mysteries,  which  told  us  about  two  miracles  attributed  to  St.  Padre  Pio,  one  before  he  died  and  one  miracle  after  he  died.    We  were  able  to  go  into  the  Museum,  the  Gift  Shop  and  the  Chapel.    At  Noon  we  prayed  the  Rosary  and  our  intentions  were  for  our  St.  Padre  Pio  Prayer  Group;  for  Joan  Houlahan  and  Family;  for  our  pilgrimage  prayer  partners;  and  for  our  own  private  petitions.  At  two  o’clock  we  had  to   leave  the  Shrine  to  come  home  to  Northfield,  Ohio.      Those  who  have  mentioned  to  me  about  the  pilgrimage  have  said  that   it  was  one  of  the  best  pilgrimages  that  they  have  ever  attended.    Lots  of  work  went  into  the  event,  but  our  whole  reason  for   the  pilgrimage  was   to  help  us  to  give  Glory   to  God  and   for  the  Salvation  of  Souls.     It  was  never  a  vacation,  but  a  pilgrimage.       This  past  Monday,  we  celebrated  Labor  Day.    A  day  in  which  our  Nation  rests  from  labor  to  give  thanks  to  God  for  the  opportunities  to  that  our  work  gives  us  the  ability  to  achieve  Life,  Liberty  and  the  Pursuit  of  Happiness.    We  also  are  reminded  that  the  Work  of  God  never  ends.    Every  day  we  are  to  be  ready,  willing  and  able  to  do  God’s  Will,  God’s  Work.    There  is  no  vacation  or  rest  from  doing  God’s  Will,  God’s  Work.    That  rest  will  come  when  we  are  in  the  Eternal  Jerusalem,  Heaven;  and  that  rest  is  eternal.    This  work  can  only  be  done  if  we  ask  Christ  to  stay  with  us.                     Yours  in  Christ,                     Fr.  Edward  J.  Janoch  

“Stay  with  me”    ~St.  Pio  of  Pietrelcina    These   are   the  words   that  were   spoken  by   Padre   Pio   as   he  was   receiving  Holy  Communion.    He  was  asking  his  Lord  and  Savior,  Jesus  Christ,  to  stay  with   him   not   just   at   that   moment,   but   for   the   whole   day.     Padre   Pio  needed  Him  to  help  him  all  day   in   the  work  for   the  Glory  of  God  and  the  Salvation  of   Souls.     The  work   for   Christ   Jesus  was   daunting,   difficult,  and  took   much   strength   from   Padre   Pio   to   do,   considering   that   he   was  weakened   by   the   Stigmata,   the   Wounds   of   Christ   that   he   bore   for   fifty  years.     Yet   Padre   Pio   persevered   and   continued   to   do   God’s  Will,   God’s  Work,  up  to  the  very  day  he  died.    

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Please Pray for Our Sick Brothers and Sisters

HEALING PRAYER Beloved Padre Pio, today I come to add my prayer to the thousands of prayers offered to you every day by those who love and venerate you. They ask for cures and healings, earthly and spiritual blessings, and peace for body and mind. And because of your friendship with the

Lord, he heals those you ask to be healed, and forgives those you forgive. Through your visible wounds of the Cross, which you bore for 50 years, you were chosen in

our time to glorify the crucified Jesus. Because the Cross has been replaced by other symbols, please help us to bring it back in our midst, for we acknowledge it is the

only true sign of salvation. As we lovingly recall the wounds that pierced your hands, feet and side, we not only remember the blood you shed in pain, but your smile, and the invisible halo of sweet

smelling flowers that surrounded your presence, the perfume of sanctity. Padre Pio, may the healings of the sick become the testimony that the Lord has invited you to join the holy company of Saints. In your kindness, please help me with my own special

request: (mention here your petition, and make the sign of the Cross). Bless me and my loved ones. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Abbot  Christpoher  Schwatz,  Mike  Friess,  Donna  Cornell,  Charlline  Eattini,  Kathy  Hull,  Jean  Vasqueq,  Peggy  Arnosk,  Mark  Luboski,  Roger  Reardon,  Ann  Lorek,  Mario  &  Elaine  Fitica,  Marge  Dodig,  Rose  Chuma,  John  D’Amico,  Gregg  Danicic,    Rita  Welling,  Dorothy  Koncazl,  Bernice  Jisa,    Elena  Winzel,  Tom  Jansen,  Michelle  Urbancic,  Frank  Dvorak,  Dolores  DiLeone,  Delores  Dean,  Loretta  Zawislan,  Grace  Veccio,  Ruth  Halpin,  Barbara  Weisinger,  Eleanore  Gresko,  Marie  Uhlik,  

Lydia  Baker,  June  Feldtz,  Beverly  Marenchek,  Alice  Yanoscik,  Therese  Gregg,    Anna  McCullough,  Frank  Bublinec  

Call  Helen  Husky  440-­‐232-­‐3462  (Sunshine  chairman)  to  add  a  member  to  the  list.