“The world will be filled with Luisa…The third millennium will see her light.” — St. Padre Pio
Blessed Padre Pio sent many people to Luisa Piccarreta and would say to the people of Corato who went to San Giovanni Rotondo:
“What have you come here for? You have Luisa, go to her”.
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When Luisa was condemned by the Holy Office and her works put on the Index, Padre Pio sent her this message though Federico Abresch:
“Dear Luisa, saints serve for the good of souls, but their suffering knows no bounds”.
At that time Padre Pio was also in very great difficulties. Blessed Padre Pio sent many people to Luisa Piccarreta and would say to the people of Corato who went to San Giovanni Rotondo:
“What have you come here for? You have Luisa, go to her”.
Padre Pio recommended to certain of his faithful (including Federico Abresch) that they open a spirituality center at San Giovanni Rotondo, inspired by the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta.
Aunt Rosaria Bucci went regularly to San Giovanni Rotondo, especially after Luisa’s death. Padre Pio knew her very well, and when Luisa was still alive he would ask Aunt Rosaria when he saw her: “Rosa’, how is Luisa?”.
Aunt Rosaria would answer him: “She is well!”. 
Luisa and Padre Pio exchanged greetings and prayers, and each one referred visitors to the other. This is evidenced in the follow excerpts from the letters of Luisa Piccarreta to Federico Abresch a close friend of her and of Padre Pio.:
“With all my heart, I thank the Lord, and additionally for the visit you made to venerable Padre Pio.” “Thanks be to God, for that young man returned safe and sound. He went to see Padre Pio, went to confession, and cannot thank you enough for your goodness and hospitality. He brought me your dear letter. ““Thank you, my child, for remembering me when you went to Padre Pio. Tell him to pray for me for I have great need of it.” “Very dearest Son, why not tell the holy Padre Pio to pray in a very special way that the Divine Will be made known?” “ Tell the holy Padre Pio to pray to the Lord that the Kingdom of His Will come if we want peace; but I believe that our Lord will put His limit with a general scourge throughout the world and perhaps with an epidemic for only in this way will the heads of governments surrender.”
“Tell Padre Pio to pray for me, because I need it and with all respect I kiss his right hand.” The dearest Jesus says: “The first one to sacrifice will be I because you want to do My Will.” For this reason it will not harm the many miracles worked by Padre Pio to add this one also. Beg Padre Pio to pray to the Lord and obtain this cure that can produce much good for souls. Kiss His hand and tell him to pray for me.” “With respect to Padre Pio, He is right because, the poor thing, he has had to endure great problems and therefore it is necessary to obey the Holy Church; but we do not say what is printed in the books, but rather that which the Holy Church does not know yet and what is printed in the book is but a few drops; the seas of the Divine Desire are not known yet.” “I leave you all in the sea of the Divine Desire. I kiss the hand of Padre Pio and tell him to pray for me.” “I leave you in the Divine Desire so that you become holy; Kiss the hand of Padre Pio on my behalf, greet him with the love of the Fiat; pray for me.” I leave you in the Divine Desire; pray for me, kiss the hand of Padre Pio for me and receive the greetings of the love of the Fiat.” “Kiss the hand of Padre Pio and I would like to know what he thinks of the writings.”
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September 23,1968 at the age of 81,Padre Pio died in his room at San Giovanni Rotondo at 230a.m. His last words are “Jesus,Mary! Jesus,Mary!.. Over 100,000 people including Padre Bernardino Bucci,author of the Biographies and books on the Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta attended Padre Pio’s funeral also in San Giovanni Rotondo.
Adriana Pallotti is a wonderful lady who lives in San Giovanni Rotondo in Foggia,Italy,where she founded the “House of Prayer for the Kingdom of the Divine Will”. She is originally from Modena in Northern Italy,but she moved to San Giovanni Rotondo many years ago “…to live close to Padre Pio…”,as she says. Padre Pio,then, became her Confessor and Spiritual Director.
In San Giovanni Rotondo,she attended the Cenacles of Federico Abresch on the Divine Will,when Luisa was still alive. During the 40’s,Federico Abresch became a close friend and disciple of Luisa. He used to visit her house and learn, directly from her and from her manuscripts of the Sublime Truths of Living in the Divine Will. He also exchanged correspondence with Luisa.
In the following highlights are from the interview made in 1994 on the occasion of the 50thanniversary of the Transit into Heaven of Luisa Piccarreta , Adriana Pallotti gives a clear testimony on the fact that Padre Pio knew and loved Luisa and her Writings. She also gives wonderful testimony on the conversion of Federico Abresch through Padre Pio on the first Divine Will Cenacle in the San Giovanni Rotondo and on direct and specific comments of Padre Pio regarding the spreading of the Writings of Luisa.
INTERVIEWER: Are there other things that-as you remember –Padre Pio said about the Divine Will? Did you talk with Padre Pio about Luisa?
ADRIANA PALOTTI: Yes ,I asked him if it was a good thing to get a recorder in order to tape the Writings of Luisa… and I went to Milan to buy a recorder,because here I couldn’t find a good one… I asked him and he said”YES!!!” After this other positive answer… I went to Milan to get it.
I – So he was aware of this…
AP – Yes,yes,yes,very much… Even more,among the young people who came to Abresch to listen to the Lessons on the Divine Will,one of them told us that he went to Confession to Padre Pio,asking him: “Father is it true that the Blessed Mother is Great not because She has been the Mother of God… for Her Virginity… for Her being Immaculate,but because – as Luisa says in her Writings- She never did Her human will ,but only and exclusively the Will of God? Padre Pio answered “Yes my son ,this is the truth! “This is the truth! And he continued: “Father,allow me to ask you one more thing. Is it true that Jesus would have remained on the Cross even till the end of the World in order to save humanity?.. And that His Cross is as long as much as the centuries, and large as much as humanity? … And Padre Pio: “Yes ,my son,this is the truth! This is the truth! And he said” Father,please,can we hug each other? And they hugged.
I – Adriana you have been reading about this spirituality,teaching It to many people,for years. What does this spirituality of Luisa means to you?
AP – It means that as we give to the Lord our own will,and we no longer use it,receiving His Will in exchange,we feel such interior peace that we are able to bear things that,humanly speaking,we were not able to suffer. But with His Divine Will,the Lord gives us His Power,His Divine Power… His Creative Power.
I – He says that these Writings (Luisa’s Book of Heaven) will renew the face of the earth…
AP –… we will live on earth as the Blessed in Heaven…It is the fulfillmenet of the Our Father!
I – … so in your opinion,this is the fututre of the Church…
AP – Yes, in the Writings of Luisa, it is said that when the Church will possess them, there will be fire within the Church… It will the same fire which the Gospel talks about:”They came to bring the fire on earth. Oh how I wish that it could be already burning…” This is the FIRE OF THE DIVINE WILL!!!
I – …and do you think that Luisa herself is important in this? I mean, is it possible for people to know the Divine Will without knowing Luisa?
AP – The Two things go together!
I – Is Luisa a Saint?
AP – …remaining in bed for all those years,writing all these things.. Of course! We know from Abresch,who knew Luisa personally, that Jesus Himself called her “My Divine Luisa… I exalted her up to the highest Seraphim”
I – Will she be canonized,in your opinion?
AP – It might be that the Lord does not need this,since He is already glorified if we live this spirituality. If we do it ,this is His Glory! But it is up to us to live this spirituality… so that It may open the ways. In this was,Luisa is “ipso facto” (by fact) a Saint!
I – Well.Is there anything else you would like to tell us? What would be your advice to someone who has just heard about the Divine Will for the first time?
AP – If these souls have sufferings,problems and many other things, they can say to the Lord “ Lord,I can do nothing,but I know that You can do everything. Take my will,and come to act in me… to work,to walk, to breathe, to suffer in me…” As we empty ourselves and let Him do,our lives become more simple… and perfect. It will be easier to proceeed along the path of this life.
I – Are you happy to have known this spirituality?
AP – It has been the greatest grace I have received on this earth. Even greater than knowing Padre Pio who has been a great Confessor and Spiritual Director…But with this spirituality, we (our acts) become divinized. We find this also in the Gospel,but Jesus teaches this to Luisa with many examples,which make it easy and attractive.This is the greatest grace for us,which allows us to bear and suffer things that we could not bear before; but with the sufferings of Jesus within us,everything becomes easy!!!
(Excerpts form the Email sent to my family by Robert Lozano on September 23,2005. Robert is one of the translators of Padre Bernardino Bucci .)
EPILOGUE: Luisa Piccarreta was bed ridden in Corato since her teen yearsand Padre Pio was cloistered all his Adult Life at Our Lady of Grace Friary in San Giovanni Rotondo,therefore they never met in person. However, Luisa and Padre PIo exchanged greetings and prayers and each referred visitors to each other. Padre Pio is now a Saint while the Servant of God Luisa’s Cause for Beatification has been committed to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints at the Vatican.
FIAT VOLUNTAS TUA SICUT IN COELO ET IN TERRA!!!