Our Lady and St. Pio

St. Joseph Cupertino

While we have recently passed St. Joseph Cupertino's feast day, the "flying friar" is one of my favorite Franciscan saints.  Below is a wonderful homily from Fr. David Mary of the Franciscans Friars Minor from their mass.

Here is the full-length movie on the life of St. Joseph Cupertino, "The Reluctant Saint", while not 100% accurate, it is a delightful movie.   Starring Maximillian Schell and Ricardo Montalban from 1962: