he encountered many animals: squirrels, birds, even a herd of elephants ,who made a great noise as they paraded, and as they passed by, it seemed that the trees moved out of their way.
Then he saw, resting on top of a rock, a majestic and beautiful lion. Although aware that the lion would not hurt him, Daniele was still afraid, and he ordered the lion not come near him. If it wanted to speak, it would have to do so from where it was sitting.
To the lion, he asked the same question: what is your task? And it replied in basically the same words at the fish, adding, “We can praise the Creator, but we cannot offer Him love. This is something that only people with immortal souls can do. Ah! If mankind only understood what love is! All of our praises are nothing in the face of an act of love made by a human to our Creator. And we entrust all our praises to a priest living in the world, because he is so pleasing to the Most High.”
Daniele responded, “I understand, he is Padre Pio.”
Then the lion, as did the large fish, bowed profoundly upon hearing the name of Padre Pio.
Daniele felt a bit of pride, because he knows and even lives with Padre Pio.
After concluding his conversations with the lion and the other animals of the forest...
Fran Daniele kept walking, until he came before an ancient tree. It was so large that three men would not be able to reach around its trunk. At the foot of this tree, feeling tired and dazed, he sat down in the hopes of not having to experience anything further.
This plant was a type of cedar of Lebanon, whose branches did not overhang, and was almost completely stripped of its bark, remnants of which clung to the trunk. Daniele wondered if this tree too would tell him that it praises the Creator.
The reply was immediate, “Certainly! Yes I do praise the Creator! I cannot love Him, but only praise Him. Indeed, and for centuries I have carried out my task. I gather all of the praises of the different plants and the trees throughout the world, and by means of a priest who, except for Jesus, is the most pleasing to God, I offer them to our Creator.”
Immediately Daniele said, “The priest is Padre Pio.”
He felt good in just pronouncing his name...
since he was his personal friend.
~bron~
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