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Blessed Brother Andre Bessette - simple porter of the College of Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur in Côte-des-Neige.
And more recently there was Fr. Solanus Casey O.F.M.
Solanus was designated to serve as a “simple” priest. This meant he was not permitted to preach doctrinal sermons nor hear confessions. Despite these restrictions, Fr. Solanus became the trusted confidante of many, providing reassuring words that were often accompanied by miraculous healings.
St. Padre Pio was a priest but there were times when he was not allowed to be celebrant for Mass.
The Holy Office in Rome became aware of Padre Pio’s stigmata and by Christmas of 1920 had its reasons to forbid him to hear confessions, baptize, or to celebrate Mass in public. He was not allowed outside of his monastery to visit the sick, to administer Extreme Unction to the dying, or to perform any pastoral duty. These restrictions remained in force for two years. Read more…
from
Padre Pio
A City on a Mountain
By Pascal P. Parente. S.T.D.,Ph.D.,J.C.B
page 50
In one of his spiritual exhortaions, Padre Pio had this to say about the virtue of obedience:
"Where there is no obedience, there is no virtue; where there is no virtue, there is no good; where there is no good, there is no love; where there is no love, there is no God; and where there is no God, there is no Paradise.
Guided by such wisdom, it was not difficult for him to be resigned to the Will of God as manifested in the command received from his ecclesiastical superiors. With obedience he had God and retained the living hope of never-ending bliss; what did he care if everything else was taken from him?
And more recently there was Fr. Solanus Casey O.F.M.
Solanus was designated to serve as a “simple” priest. This meant he was not permitted to preach doctrinal sermons nor hear confessions. Despite these restrictions, Fr. Solanus became the trusted confidante of many, providing reassuring words that were often accompanied by miraculous healings.
St. Padre Pio was a priest but there were times when he was not allowed to be celebrant for Mass.
The Holy Office in Rome became aware of Padre Pio’s stigmata and by Christmas of 1920 had its reasons to forbid him to hear confessions, baptize, or to celebrate Mass in public. He was not allowed outside of his monastery to visit the sick, to administer Extreme Unction to the dying, or to perform any pastoral duty. These restrictions remained in force for two years. Read more…
from
Padre Pio
A City on a Mountain
By Pascal P. Parente. S.T.D.,Ph.D.,J.C.B
page 50
In one of his spiritual exhortaions, Padre Pio had this to say about the virtue of obedience:
"Where there is no obedience, there is no virtue; where there is no virtue, there is no good; where there is no good, there is no love; where there is no love, there is no God; and where there is no God, there is no Paradise.
Guided by such wisdom, it was not difficult for him to be resigned to the Will of God as manifested in the command received from his ecclesiastical superiors. With obedience he had God and retained the living hope of never-ending bliss; what did he care if everything else was taken from him?
