The following is a letter written to us from Giacomo Piraino. 
He has given us permission to share it with you on our web site.

             I sing with all my heart with joy and love for Padre Pio.   I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York of Italian immigrants from Calabria.  Now, I live in Boca Raton, Florida.  My connection with Padre Pio is intense and I feel a strong bond between myself and the holy friar of San Giovanni Rotondo.

             This story really starts when I was an eight year old boy.  The last week of June, 1958 my family went to Italy to visit relatives.  We intended to stay one month in Calabria, but I became critically ill.  In fact, I was in a coma and awakened after two months from what doctors analyzed to be a fatal coma induced by typhoid fever.  It was thought that I contracted this disease by eating the cherries that were on the ground and I loved cherries.  Because I had typhoid fever and was in a coma in the hospital, we stayed in Italy until September.  Prayer and faith in God was the only thing that would save me.

             My family, relatives and friends heard about Padre Pio, the Italian Capuchin priest, who bore the five wounds of Christ crucified and healed many people who asked for his prayers.  They all began to pray asking Padre Pio to intercede for me so that I would be healed, healthy and sound.  My mother used to write to Padre Pio even before I became dreadfully ill and in a coma.

             My mother contacted her brother in Rome, Romano Esposito, who after being made aware of my fatal condition, he made effort to contact Padre Pio.  He said, .Don.t worry, Giacomo will be saved..  My Uncle Romano said, .You always write to Padre Pio; why don.t you phone him?.  My uncle worked for the Italian government in the .Ministero del Interno. so, through his efforts Mom was able to speak to Padre Pio. My mother phoned San Giovanni Rotondo and asked to speak to Padre Pio. She talked with Padre Pio on the phone.  She said, .Padre, this is my only son, he is in a coma and has a fever of 105..  Padre Pio said, .Tomorrow he will awaken with a temperature of 98.6.  He will be cured and speak fluent Italian, however, his future is dubious.  He has four years of darkness and then, I will use him in the future..

 One blessed day in August, I found myself surrounded by parents and relatives crying for joy, rejoicing in the greatness of God and offering praise and thanks for the miraculous intercession of Padre Pio.  I, my family and relatives were further amazed at my new found ability to speak fluent Italian!  My mother counted the events that led up to the day of my miraculous healing.

             In September, 1958 shortly after I was healed we went to Rome, to the Vatican.  We had an audience with His Holiness, Pope Pius XII, who gave me a blessing.  A month after, this saintly pope, Pius XII died on October 9^th.  I was so honored to see him and receive his blessing.  Padre Pio called Pope Pius XII the .Little Angel in the Vatican.. 

             On April 2^nd, 1996 I was revisited by Padre Pio in a dream which described many future events to unfold in my life, work and music.  The music has been created and inspired by that vision. 

            I am the musician and composer and began Les Scene Inc. Music April 2^nd, 1996, the very day I had a dream of Padre Pio.  I want to give my first works in Thanksgiving to Jesus, Our Blessed Mother and, of course, Padre Pio.