Meet Padre Pio: Beloved Mystic, Miracle Worker, and Spiritual Guide [Paperback]

Patricia Treece (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 25, 2001

This brief biography of Padre Pio is designed to introduce readers to one of the most popular and beloved saints of the 20th century. The book presents a life sketch of the famous mystic and miracle worker that is laced with quotations from his writing and that describes his spirituality.

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About the Author

Patricia Treece is the author of Quiet Moments with Padre Pio (May 1999) and has also written several critically acclaimed books on 19th and 20th century saints including Mornings with Thérèse of Lisieux. She also writes a syndicated column entitled, “Saints Alive.”

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Servant Books (May 25, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569552495
• ISBN-13: 978-1569552490
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #584,478 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #64 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Catholicism > Saints

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AN EXTRAORDINARY BOOK, AN EXTRAORDINARY SOUL, November 7, 2001

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Rolf Gompertz "Author, 'Sparks of Spirit: How... (North Hollywood, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Meet Padre Pio: Beloved Mystic, Miracle Worker, and Spiritual Guide (Paperback)

Here is another book, about an extraordinary person, Padre Pio, by Patricia Treece, an extraordinary writer!

With clear, precise, telling strokes, Treece makes us see, and feel, who Padre Pio was and how he lived according to the divine light that infused his whole being.

As with other saints Treece has profiled, we are again amazed at how a person can live with great pain and physical frailties, and, because of them or in spite of them, reach incredible spiritual heights and demonstrate incredible spiritual powers.

The author?s words prove equal to the task and do honor to Padre Pio, as when she writes: ?God definitely toys with those He loves in games of spiritual hide-and-seek, or a kind of spiritual yo-yoing that is meant to make a soul utterly pliant in God?s hands.?

I found Padre Pio?s own words deeply thought-provoking, as when tells Padre Eusebio: ?Listen, my son, you think, like many others, that sin is the breaking of the law, but it?s not that but infidelity to love.?

Ultimately, it is not words, but a person?s life that matters, and the author has captured Padre Pio?s most instructive and inspiring life poignantly.

Rolf Gompertz, Author of 'A Jewish Novel About Jesus' and 'Sparks of Spirit'

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Man of Wonder, A Beautiful Book, December 9, 2006

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Chris Howard (Metairie, LA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Meet Padre Pio: Beloved Mystic, Miracle Worker, and Spiritual Guide (Paperback)

At the age of ten, I discovered the stigmatist, Padre Pio - a man of many wonders. To a ten year old, he was a super hero, a man of many powers. As an adult, he is still a super hero to me, but in another way. Padre Pio embodied all that is holy and was yet so human.

Meet Padre Pio is a wonderful book. We see Padre Pio as a human, not just a saint and a holy man. This book takes us from his early days as a child all the way to his death and beyond. We meet a charming man with a beautiful soul. We experience the first appearance of his stigmata and the many miracles that follow. Many of his relationships with friends and family are intimately revealed and show a very caring man with a wonderful sense of humor.

Whether you consider yourself religious or not, pick up this book. It is a wonderful read which introduces a marvelous man to it's readers. You can't help but smile when you read this book!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Meeting Padre Pio, November 4, 2001

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Fr. Bob Gavotto, O.S.A. (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Meet Padre Pio: Beloved Mystic, Miracle Worker, and Spiritual Guide (Paperback)

Patricia Treece gives us a well-written and easy-to-read insight into the life of Blessed Padre Pio. Though it is a short book, it nevertheless leaves you with an appreciation of this significant figure of the last century. I lived in Italy some fourteen years and came to hear about him (through Italian relatives who visited him), though I never met him. I now have met him through this book! The author handles the controversial aspect of his life well; and I do remember that. It is a book well worth reading and passing along to others.