Booklet: Don Dolindo Ruotolo was called a saint by his contemporary, St Padre Pio.
Father Ruotolo was a priest from Naples, Italy (1882-1970), who had extraordinary communications with Jesus throughout his life. He referred to himself as “the Madonna's little old man” and the Rosary was his constant companion. Padre Pio once said of this priest, “The whole of paradise is in your soul.”
He suffered much pain and humiliation throughout his life and was once told by a bishop, “You will be a martyr, but in your heart, not with your blood.”
His whole life is a testament to total abandonment to God.
Jesus, You Take Over (2021) is a peace-invoking, beautiful little prayer book which includes the Surrender Novena, Rosary of Abandonment and words of comfort. It is a perfect little prayer book to add to one's prayer life when one is struggling with stress and anxiety, especially during our weary, present-day times. Placing one's trust in God alone is the only remedy for truly calming the soul. Padre Pio also often recommended souls to Don Ruotolo while he was alive.
About the author: Father Dolindo Ruotolo was born, in Naples, Italy on 6 October 1882. Ordained at the young age of 23 on 24 June 1905, he dedicated every moment of his long life to prayer and penance at the service of the thousands of faithful who asked for his spiritual direction and turned to him for help and comfort.
Don Dolindo Ruotolo is the author of a profound and huge Commentary on the Holy Scripture in 33 volumes. Beside that, he left a very large number of theological, ascetical and mystical writings. He also answered thousands of letters. He wrote also thousands of notes on holy images to offer spiritual direction to people, and a few of these are now collected in a little book, “Meditations on the Holy Rosary”.
Don Dolindo had a keen understanding of the human soul and thus he was always able to help people to see the light of God. Forever at work, tireless in helping souls, in the midst of unspeakable suffering of every kind, as victim soul for mankind, he was sustained by a wonderful freshness of spirit that transformed his life into a hymn to life.
Paralyzed for the last ten years of his life, Don Dolindo Ruotolo died in Naples on 19 November 1970, in the extreme voluntary poverty he had lived all his life. His body lies in the Church where he served as Pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes and St Joseph of the Aged, via Salvatore Tommasi, in Napoli, Italy.
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