Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Today is Dan's birthday!  As well it is Padre Pio's feast day.  And it's also 10 years to the day that Dan asked me to marry him!  Dan always says that he picked his birthday so he would remember the day.  You'll have to ask him whether he remembered or not!

Padre Pio, pray for us.

Happy Birthday, Dan!

Dan with the kids in the garden.

Today is also the feast of St. Padre Pio, who is the House of Brungardt patron saint.

St. Padre Pio, pray for us!

Padre Pio Exhumed

I have to post this for Dan, who has a special devotion to Padre Pio. Dan was born exactly one year after Padre Pio's death. Read the article here about the exhumation of Padre Pio. They said his hands looked like they had just had a manicure.

Padre Pio

Today I am 38 years old, little Baby Joseph is 4 months old, and five years ago I proposed to Janet. But most notably, today is the feast of St. Padre Pio!

Padre Pio died on Sept 23, 1968, and was declared a saint by JPII on June 16, 2002.

My first introduction to Padre Pio was through my grandmother in the 1970's, who had a great devotion to him. My father had many videos and books about him, and so eventually I got to know more about him as I got older.

"The earth could exist more easily without the sun than

without the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass." - Padre Pio

The amazing stories about him are too numerous to list here. If you don't know about Padre Pio, do yourself a favor and learn more about this holy, mystic, beloved Saint!