Franciscan University Presents “The Stigmatists” With guest, Dr. Paul Kengor Bearing the Wounds of Christ: Meet the Stigmatists By Paul Kengor The date: Sept. 20, 1918. The place: Our Lady of Grace Chapel, the church of the Capuchin friars at San Giovanni...
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Franciscan University Presents “The Stigmatists” With guest, Dr. Paul Kengor Bearing the Wounds of Christ: Meet the Stigmatists By Paul Kengor The date: Sept. 20, 1918. The place: Our Lady of Grace Chapel, the church of the Capuchin friars at San Giovanni Rotondo, located in the Italian province of Foggia. There alone in front of a crucifix of the suffering Christ was a suffering, humble, pious friar named Francesco Forgione (1887-1968), named after St. Francis of Assisi — another suffering, humble, pious friar, who in the year 1224 first bore the wounds of Christ; that is, the stigmata. “After celebrating the Mass,” recalled Padre Pio, as he was later known, “I stayed in the choir for the due thanksgiving prayer, when suddenly I was overtaken by a powerful trembling, then calm followed, and I saw Our Lord in the posture of someone who is on a cross … lamenting the ingratitude of men, especially those consecrated to him and by him most favored.” Jesus revealed his suffering and desire
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