Patricia Treece

“One thing is necessary: to be near Jesus. You know well that at the birth of our Lord the shepherds heard the angelic and divine chants of the heavenly spirits. The Scriptures say so. But they do not say that his Virgin Mother and St. Joseph, who were nearer to the Child, heard the voices of the angels or saw those miracles of splendor. On the contrary, they heard the Child weeping and saw by the light of a poor lantern the eyes of the Divine Child all bathed in tears, in sighs and shivering with cold. Now I ask you: would you not have preferred to be in the dark stable filled with the cries of the little Child, than with the shepherds, beside yourself with joy over those sweet melodies from heaven and the beauties of this wonderful splendor?”
― Patricia Treece, The Joyful Spirit of Padre Pio: Stories, Letters, and Prayers

“Dile a Jesús lo mismo que san Agustín siempre le decía: “ ‘Dame lo que me pides, y pídeme lo que quieras.’ ¿Quieres que ame mucho, Jesús? Yo deseo lo mismo, como el ciervo que anhela alcanzar el agua del arroyo; pero, como tú ves, ¡no tengo más amor para dar que este! Dame un poco más y te lo ofreceré a ti.”
― Patricia Treece, Padre Pío: Su testamento espiritual (Espiritualidad)