Padre Pio medal in silver 925 .. diameter: 18mm "I was in the chorus after the celebration of Mass, when I was surprised by a peace like a sweet sleep. All interior and exterior senses, not only the faculties of the mind were in a peace indescribable ... All this happened in a flash. As it happened, I saw before me a mysterious person similar to the one I saw on the evening of August 5, the only difference His hands and side that bled. The sight terrifies me and I can not say what I felt at that moment, and I would have died if the Lord had not intervened to support my heart leapt in my chest. The Character disappeared, and I noticed that my hands, my feet were bleeding and my side ... " Padre Pio in a letter to Father Benedetto, October 22, 1918. (H806)
