When a loved one who has passed away appears in your dreams, it rarely feels like a mere memory. There’s something different: the dream is clearer, more real, more intense. Upon waking, your heart is stirred, as if you were somehow reunited with that person. Christian spirituality, and in particular the witness of Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, invites us to view these experiences with eyes of faith and not merely as a psychological phenomenon. Without resorting to superstition or forbidden practices, the Church recognizes that God can also use dreams to touch the soul, console, correct, or ask for...
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