When someone we love leaves this world, it’s not just a person who departs. A part of our history, our identity, and our heart also leaves. The absence is felt in the silence of the house, in the objects that remain still, in the memories that return unannounced. And with that pain come questions we don’t always know how to answer:

Where are they now? Can they see me? Do they still love me?

Padre Pio, one of the most mystical saints of the 20th century, dedicated much of his life to accompanying people who were suffering the loss of a loved one. And his answers were neither cold nor theoretical. They were words born from a profound spiritual experience and immense compassion for human suffering.

For him, death was not a disappearance, but a transformation.

Love does not d:ie when the body ceases to function.

Padre Pio taught that when a person leaves this world, they do not lose their consciousness or their feelings. On the contrary, the soul enters a clearer and deeper form of perception. He no longer sees with eyes, nor hears with ears, but he feels with an intensity we cannot imagine here.

He said that the bonds created with true love are not broken by d:ea:th. A mother remains a mother. A son remains a son. A husband continues to love his wife.

Love does not depend on the body. It belongs
to the soul.

That is why our loved ones can perceive when we remember them fondly, when we pronounce their name in a prayer, or when we are going through a difficult time. It is not that they observe us as if they were looking at a screen, but rather that they feel our inner state, our sadness, our hope, and our supplications.

Souls are not far away; they are spiritually united with us.

Padre Pio spoke of an invisible but powerful reality: a spiritual union between those who live on Earth, those who are purified after d:ea:th, and those who are already in the presence of God. This union is called the communion of saints.

Although we cannot see it, there is a spiritual bridge that connects hearts. Across that bridge flow prayers, love, forgiveness, and intercession.

Souls undergoing purification retain a profound love for their families. They remember every gesture of affection, every word, every embrace. And from that state, they understand many things they perhaps couldn’t see clearly in life.

They don’t suffer as we do, but they feel a loving longing for those they left behind.

They can perceive what is happening in their homes.

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