Episode # 997 - The Feast Of St Padre Pio

On this Tuesday, Father Anthony is joined by only Christina and Tony and today is the Feast of St Padre Pio, and when talking about it, raises up good feelings today.  Father Anthony talks about how in Italy it's a major Feast Day.  Everyone misses Gerri being absent today and everyone is excited that Fall is coming or if you go by the Lunar Calender, it's arriving/arrived.  The Feast of St Padre Pio is the main focus on the show and starts off really well, with Father Anthony talking about how this Feast Day is celebrated in Italy.  On serious note, the idea/concept of Stigmata is brought up here, since Padre Pio had it and a very disturbing thought perhaps, but leads to the idea of God talking to us and how God is made manifest Father Anthony states here.  With this discussion in mind, Father Anthony, Christina, and Tony discuss the idea of trusting people and how it is or could be hard, including what is going on in the Middle East as well.  Towards the second break and after, Father Anthony asks the question: "How would you identify yourself as a Catholic?" That is, what kind of Catholic would you say you are, for example, a Recovering Catholic in terms of your relationship to the Church, yourself, and what may or may not have made you change or classify you to either leave and recover or recover through other means.