Day 79. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!
"Some time ago a holy Spanish Capuchin told me: «I would like to live three thousand years to glorify God all this time. I like this feeling. Hence, we should not try to shorten my [...]
Brother Darryl Charron, C.PP.S. reflection on the international retreat of CPPS brothers
Twenty-eight brothers got together either in person or by Zoom to once again join in retreat and ponder the vocation of brotherhood. It was a joyous occasion to gather in Lakeside, Michigan, during a [...]
Charity is not a right
by Fr. Francesco Cardarelli, cpps Let us remember in a special way, my dear brothers, our obligation to promote charity among ourselves. Let us respect one another, pity one another, help one another. Let it [...]
A distinguished citizen of Spoleto and the city that shaped him
by Fr. Michele Colagiovanni, cpps I called Merlini a “supreme confrere” because Gaspare del Bufalo himself - who won him over to the missionary vocation when he was already a secular priest - used to [...]
“Let’s see what he can do” The holy challenge to a great man of God.
Diocesan inquiry opened into an alleged miraculous healing adventure through the intercession of Venerable don Giovanni Merlini. by Fr. Valerio Volpi, cpps “Devotion to the Blood of Christ is the most powerful protection against the [...]
Day 78. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!
"Press forward with prayer, so that God can open a path." (Letter 282)
Day 77. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!
“Try to maintain the balance of the spirit in a holy abandonment to God. His glory is our desire. Let us leave our eternal salvation to God.” (Letter 07)
Day 76. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!
“Let us cast our fears into the sea of divine mercy, and let us keep moving forward as God desires and until God desires it. We will be able to rest in Paradise...” (Letter 021)
Day 75. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!
Love Jesus; become saints. (This is an expression Saint Gaspar used to say.) (Letter 452)
Day 74. Don Giovanni Merlini Quotations – He will be beatified!
"Let us unite even more with God, and wish to belong only to God. May our divine Lord reunite us, one day, in his loving Abode..." (Letter 26)






