Angels-Padre Pio

Padre Pio was an Italian Roman Catholic priest who suggested that
people in need of spiritual help who could not come to him in person
send their guardian angels instead. A great many people followed his
suggestion; so many, in fact, that the Padre was sometimes kept awake
all night in dealing with the angels. In addition to receiving guardian
angels, Padre Pio often sent his own

guardian angel

to give comfort
and aid to others.
As a young priest, Padre Pio went into ecstasies in which he conversed
out loud with Jesus, Mary, his guardian angel, and St. Francis.
In 1918 Pio received the stigmata, marks resembling the crucifixion
wounds of Jesus. Padre Pio was extremely popular and worshippers frequently
cut pieces of his habit to keep as relics. Almost 100,000 people
attended his funeral in 1968. The story of Padre Pio’s life is told in
the book Send Me Your Guardian Angel by Fr. Allesio Parente.