15/03/2022
Fr. Antonio narrates that during the war in Africa an Italian soldier was standing behind a large rock, while a fierce battle was going on.
Suddenly a monk stood beside him and pulled him gently by the sleeve, saying he should get out form behind the rock.
The soldier did not want to leave what he thought was a safe place.
The monk pulled a second time, and was more emphatic. he did not move. Then the monk pulled him out by force.
Right after that the entire place where the soldier had been standing blew up. The monk disappeared.
Some days after as he was relating this to a fellow soldier, the companion showed him a picture of Padre Pio which he always carried with him.
The soldier whose life had been saved exclaimed:
"Why, that is Definitely the Monk who Saved my life!"
Prior to this he had never seen Padre Pio or heard of him before.