WHY I DON’T TRUST “PADRE PIO” AI
Wow - the last year has been like a dream come true - today marks one year since the publication of Padre Pio and You . It has been exhilarating; by way of my meager writing ability others have come to know Padre Pio, and some now love him as I do. I’m reveling in the irony that the very things I wanted to exclude from the book are the areas that interest people the most. I didn’t want to include that as a teenager I was mystically transported to Padre Pio’s cell and he spoke the chilling line, “I am waiting for you.” I feared it was diluting the presence of Padre Pio in divulging too much about myself. But the book did not work or make sense without a highly personal introduction and earlier drafts had the first readers all asking me to introduce Pio the way I'd introduced him to them. Then a fter slaving for several years, I had to give in and share about my first meetings with Padre Pio. It is not always a sign of being special or especially saintly if Padre ...
