"Holy Bread of Padre Pio"

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I’m not sure if this is the right forum for this question, but has anyone ever heard of the holy bread of Padre Pio? My neighbors (who are not Catholic) received this bread & passed it on to me. It comes with a paper that says it is “the bread of Padre Pio & comes from the Vatican. It brings good luck to every family that eats it. Remember you cannot refuse this bread once it is given to you & with these instructions you must use a wooden spoon.” After following the instructions, you eventually pass the bread on to 3 other people.

This might be based on a devout tradition, but the paper that comes with this bread seems pretty hoky, & doesn’t explain the tradition or who Padre Pio is. This seems pretty superstitious. Given the amount of anti-Catholic bias in our culture, I’m afraid passing on this bread & paper will fan the fire & cause some people to talk about those “crazy Catholics & their bread from the Vatican”. What do you think?
 
Personally, it sounds like the Amish friendship bread that makes the rounds occasionally. If you want to make the bread in rememberance of Padre Pio, I think that that is fine. I would not do if for “good luck” or anything like that - that becomes superstition.

Let us know if it tastes good - give us all the recipe!🙂
 
Don’t pass it on, it is superstitious.
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You are right that the “luck” part gives it away as a hoax.

If it turns out to be bread, make a sandwich and enjoy.

God Bless
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Thanks for the info & advice, guys. I 'm not going to give the bread to others, because I do think it promotes a superstitious practice & makes Catholics look silly by saying the bread comes from the Vatican. Thanks again!
 
mmm1 said:
I’m not sure if this is the right forum for this question, but has anyone ever heard of the holy bread of Padre Pio? My neighbors (who are not Catholic) received this bread & passed it on to me. It comes with a paper that says it is “the bread of Padre Pio & comes from the Vatican. It brings good luck to every family that eats it. Remember you cannot refuse this bread once it is given to you & with these instructions you must use a wooden spoon.” After following the instructions, you eventually pass the bread on to 3 other people.

This might be based on a devout tradition, but the paper that comes with this bread seems pretty hoky, & doesn’t explain the tradition or who Padre Pio is. This seems pretty superstitious. Given the amount of anti-Catholic bias in our culture, I’m afraid passing on this bread & paper will fan the fire & cause some people to talk about those “crazy Catholics & their bread from the Vatican”. What do you think?
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My In Laws got those, and my sister had to bake it. I think its very superstitious. The Holy Bread of Padre Pio, if you get it, should not accept the receipt… Stay away from it…
 
Thanks, I really feel convinced now to just not participate in this…
 
That’s just like “Herman”. That stuff goes the rounds ever so often around here, but it’s always “Herman”.
I don’t know how Padre Pio’s name got mixed up with it…But then I don’t know who this Herman was that it is named after either.
(It was pretty bad bread, IMHO. After tasting it at a friend’s house, she gave me some, & I tossed it).
The reason it says to use a wooden spoon is because it is a sour dough bread. Any metal coming in contact with it will make it turn weird colors, & taste even worse than it did before.
 
also …this reminds me of those chained e-mail that once in awhile I receive - you have to do this do that and pass it to five people, etc…
 
mmm1 said:
I’m not sure if this is the right forum for this question, but has anyone ever heard of the holy bread of Padre Pio? My neighbors (who are not Catholic) received this bread & passed it on to me. It comes with a paper that says it is “the bread of Padre Pio & comes from the Vatican. It brings good luck to every family that eats it. Remember you cannot refuse this bread once it is given to you & with these instructions you must use a wooden spoon.” After following the instructions, you eventually pass the bread on to 3 other people.

This might be based on a devout tradition, but the paper that comes with this bread seems pretty hoky, & doesn’t explain the tradition or who Padre Pio is. This seems pretty superstitious. Given the amount of anti-Catholic bias in our culture, I’m afraid passing on this bread & paper will fan the fire & cause some people to talk about those “crazy Catholics & their bread from the Vatican”. What do you think?
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It is not for real.

A friend of mine got taken in and was going to pass it on to myself and 2 other people. However, she checked it out and found out it was a hoax!
 
Our Archdiocese received official word from the Capuchins that this has absolutely nothing to do with Padre Pio, and the faithful have been warned against it.

Besides, dough exposed to the air for 10 days? What kind of bacteria culture are they trying to feed us?
 
porthos11 said:
Our Archdiocese received official word from the Capuchins that this has absolutely nothing to do with Padre Pio, and the faithful have been warned against it.

Besides, dough exposed to the air for 10 days? What kind of bacteria culture are they trying to feed us?
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Holy Bread of Padre Pio is a chain mail version of bread. I don’t think Catholics should fall for this chain…
 
porthos11 said:
Our Archdiocese received official word from the Capuchins that this has absolutely nothing to do with Padre Pio, and the faithful have been warned against it.

Besides, dough exposed to the air for 10 days? What kind of bacteria culture are they trying to feed us?
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10 days? Blecch! Can’t possibly imagine that it tastes any good if that’s the case.

Trying to kill off all the superstitious types in one fell swoop I’d say!
 
Thanks, guys. This is a good group for advice. The bread is off the counter & into the garbage.
 
Look, it’s just a bread. It will become a superstition if you make it so. It is what you make of it. Do you think that satan will possess you if you eat some piece of bread? People are just sharing dough, that’s all. If your faith is so that you are afraid of a piece of a dough, that’s sad. If you don’t want to take time with this, that’s different and that’s okay, but you should not be afraid or something. I got that dough and I just baked it, it tastes like any bakery, I ate a piece with coffee and forgot about it. Life should be more simple than making horror stories about a piece of bread.
 
Katalina77 said:
Look, it’s just a bread. It will become a superstition if you make it so. It is what you make of it. Do you think that satan will possess you if you eat some piece of bread? People are just sharing dough, that’s all. If your faith is so that you are afraid of a piece of a dough, that’s sad. If you don’t want to take time with this, that’s different and that’s okay, but you should not be afraid or something. I got that dough and I just baked it, it tastes like any bakery, I ate a piece with coffee and forgot about it. Life should be more simple than making horror stories about a piece of bread.
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Unfortunately many Catholics I think tend to fall into superstition, but usually it is just a matter of culture. For instance, I live in the soutwest where the population is about 70% Hispanic. Very devout people, but I have noticed also, in general, very much more ‘superstitious’. One example is the ‘St. Jude Ads’ in the paper. They first thank St Jude for intercession, then instruct you to pray a novena of prayers to the saint. But wait! That’s not all! You must then place an ad in the paper thanking him for his intercession, and basically copy the prayer and instructions. Only then will you get what you have asked for! These same people wear tshirts with an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe (sooo tacky!), have a bathtub shrine in the yard, and make the sign of the cross at everything, as though it’s the ‘evil eye’ sign. ‘Ay, Madre!’ is often heard. meh.
 
Katalina77 said:
Look, it’s just a bread. It will become a superstition if you make it so. It is what you make of it. Do you think that satan will possess you if you eat some piece of bread? People are just sharing dough, that’s all. If your faith is so that you are afraid of a piece of a dough, that’s sad. If you don’t want to take time with this, that’s different and that’s okay, but you should not be afraid or something. I got that dough and I just baked it, it tastes like any bakery, I ate a piece with coffee and forgot about it. Life should be more simple than making horror stories about a piece of bread.
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I just read a book by Rome’s chief exorcist, Fr. Gabriel Amorth. He states several times in his book that many of the demonic oppressions/possessions he’s encountered were the work of people cursing others through objects/food etc. If someone had given me something called “Padre Pio bread” with a little note about “good luck,” I would immediately throw it in the trash.

More than likely it’s just some silly superstition people are propogating, but I wouldn’t take any chances that someone with malicious intentions may have started it.
 
beckycmarie said:
If someone had given me something called “Padre Pio bread” with a little note about “good luck,” I would immediately throw it in the trash.
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An old friend of mine asked my opinion of this today 27th May, I told him that it was superstitious and not to pass it on, it also appeared to be threatening if you don’t pass it on,… not good.

It was his daughter in-law that gave it to him, and her family record has been unfortunate.

Her brother died from an incurable disease, her mum died, her sister just two months ago ended her life, (hanging) another sister died of cancer, and another sister is very sick.

If that’s luck then they can keep it, so this evening I called my friend and told him there was no basis for it.

He has been sick for a week ever since receiving this prayer with it’s idiotic instructions.

I’d burn it personally, plus it is a chain letter, a red light if there ever was one.

All the above misfortune may be coincidence, but it does make me wonder sometimes.
 
It’s funny someone should mention this. I got it as well…or my mom did, rather. She tried making it, even mixed it with a wooden spoon, and it came out nothing like the recipe said it would.

Not to mention, now that you’ve said that in the note there’s a requirement to pass it on after the family eats it (and they’ll receive “good luck” from eating it), it does sound like a superstitious chain letter. Only it involves food as well as a piece of paper.

Becky, thanks for the info about oppressions and possessions coming about from cursed objects/food/whatever; I agree, there’s a possibility that this could have been started by someone with malicious intentions who were trying to dupe Catholics into believing that this thing is “Holy Bread of Padre Pio” and that it comes “from the Vatican”. Come to think of it, I’ve never heard of any kind of bread coming from the Vatican whic has been attributed to a saint or other holy person. I’ll make sure to keep a heads-up for it if it comes around by me again.
 
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