Prayers

Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have
You present so that I do not forget You.
You know how easily I abandon You.

Stay with me, Lord, because I am weak
and I need Your strength,
that I may not fall so often.

Stay with me, Lord, for You are my life,
and without You, I am without fervor.

Stay with me, Lord, for You are my light,
and without You, I am in darkness.
Stay with me, Lord, to show me Your will

Stay with me, Lord, so that I hear Your voice
and follow You.

Stay with me, Lord, for I desire to love You
very much, and always be in Your company.

Stay with me, Lord, if You wish me to be faithful to You.

Stay with me, Lord, for as poor as my soul is,
I want it to be a place of consolation for You, a nest of love.

Stay with me, Jesus, for it is getting late and the day is coming to a close, and life passes;
death, judgment, eternity approaches. It is necessary to renew my strength,
so that I will not stop along the way and for that, I need You.

It is getting late and death approaches,
I fear the darkness, the temptations, the dryness, the cross, the sorrows.
O how I need You, my Jesus, in this night of exile!

Stay with me tonight, Jesus, in life with all its dangers. I need You.

Let me recognize You as Your disciples did at the breaking of the bread,
so that the Eucharistic Communion be the Light which disperses the darkness,
the force which sustains me, the unique joy of my heart.

Stay with me, Lord, because at the hour of my death, I want to remain united to You,
if not by communion, at least by grace and love.

Stay with me, Jesus, I do not ask for divine consolation, because I do not merit it,
but the gift of Your Presence, oh yes, I ask this of You!

Stay with me, Lord, for it is You alone I look for, Your Love, Your Grace, Your Will, Your Heart,
Your Spirit, because I love You and ask no other reward but to love You more and more.

With a firm love, I will love You with all my heart while on earth
and continue to love You perfectly during all eternity. Amen.

Prayer for the Intercession of St. Pio

O God,
You gave St. Pio of Pietrelcina,
Capuchin priest, the great privilege
of participating in a unique way in
the passion of Your Son. Grant me
through his intercession the grace of. . .
(here state your petition) which | ardently
desire; and above all grant me the grace
of living in conformity with the death of
Jesus, to arrive at the glory of the resurrection.
Glory be to the Father. . .(three times)

Efficacious Novena To The Sacred Heart Of Jesus

(This novena prayer was recited every day by Padre Pio for all those who asked his prayers)

I. O my Jesus, You have said, ‘Truly I say to you, ask and it will be given you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you.’

Behold, I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of…

Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory be to the Father... Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.

II. O my Jesus, You have said, ‘Truly I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, He will give it to you.’

Behold, in Your name, I ask the Father for the grace of…

Our Father... Hail Mary... Glory be to the Father... Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.

III. O my Jesus, You have said, ‘Truly I say to you, heaven and earth will pass away but my words will not pass away.’ Encouraged by Your infallible words, I now ask for the grace of…

Our Father... Hail Mary...Glory be to the Father... Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us poor sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of You, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate heart of Mary, Your tender mother and ours.

Hail, Holy Queen... St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us.

Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, filled with
infinite love, broken by my ingratitude,
yet loving me still. Accept the consecration
that I make to you of all that I am and all
that I have. Take every faculty of my body
and soul and draw me day by day, nearer
and nearer to your Sacred Heart, and there
as I can understand the lesson, teach me
your blessed ways.

Amen

Prayer of Pope John Paul II to St. Pio of Pietrelcina

Pope John Paul II recited this prayer on the occasion of the canonization of Padre Pio, June 16, 2002.

Teach us, we pray, humility of heart,
so that we may be counted among the
little ones of the Gospel to whom the
Father promised to reveal the mysteries
of His Kingdom. Help us to pray without
ceasing, certain that God knows what we
need even before we ask Him. Obtain for
us the eyes of faith that will help us
recognize in the poor and suffering, the
very face of Jesus. Sustain us inthe hour
of trouble and trial and, if we fall, let us
experience the joy of the sacrament of
forgive- ness. Grant us your tender
devotion to Mary, mother of Jesus and
our Mother. Accompany us on our earthly
pilgrimage toward the blessed Homeland,
where we too, hope to arrive to contem-
plate forever the Glory of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen

An Act of Consecration

Padre Pio prayed this Act of Consecration on the first Saturday of every month.

O Mary, Virgin most powerful and Mother of mercy, Queen of heaven and Refuge of sinners, we consecrate ourselves to your Immaculate Heart. We consecrate to you our very being and our whole life; all that we have, all that we love, all that we are. To you we give our bodies, our hearts and our souls; to you we give our homes, our families, our country. We desire that all that is in us and around us may belong to you, and may share in the benefits of your motherly benediction.

And that this act of consecration may be truly efficacious and lasting, we renew this day at your feet the promises of our Baptism and our first Holy Communion. We pledge ourselves to profess courageously and at all times the truths, of our Holy Faith,and to live as Catholics who are duly submissive to all the directions of the Pope and the Bishops in communion with him. We pledge ourselves to keep the commandments of God and His Church, in particular to keep holy the Lord's day. We likewise pledge ourselves to make the consoling practices of the Christian religion, and above all, Holy Communion, an integral part of our lives, in so far as we shall be able to do so.

Finally, we promise you, O glorious Mother of God and loving Mother of all, to devote ourselves whole-heartedly to your service, in order to hasten and assure, through the sovereignty of your Immaculate Heart, the coming of the kingdom of the Sacred Heart of your adorable Son, in our own hearts and in the hearts of all, in our country and in all the world, as in heaven, so on earth. Amen.

The Angelus

The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary, and she conceived
of the Holy Spirit.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee. . . .

Behold the handmaid of the Lord.
May it be done unto me according to Your word.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee. . . .

And the word was made flesh,
and dwelt among us.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with Thee. . . .

Pray for us, oh holy Mother of God,
that we may be made worthy of the
promises of Christ.

Let us pray: Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts. That we to whom the Incarnation of Christ, thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His passion and cross, be brought to the glory of His resurrection, through the same Christ Our Lord. Amen.

Visit to the Most Blessed Sacrament

Padre Pio recited this prayer daily. It was written by St. Alphonsus Liguori.

O my Lord Jesus Christ, who for the love You bear mankind, remain night and day in this Sacrament, all full of tenderness and love, expecting and receiving all those who come to visit You: I believe that You are present in the Sacrament of the altar; I adore You from the depths of my own nothingness and thank You for all the favors You have bestowed upon me; and especially for having given me Yourself in this Sacrament, and Your holy Mother Mary as my Advocate; and for having called me to visit You in this church. I pay homage this day to Your most loving Heart and this I intend to do for three intentions: first, in thanksgiving for this great gift; secondly, in reparation for all the insults You have received from Your enemies in this Sacrament; thirdly, by this visit I intend to adore You in all places upon the earth, where You are least adored and most neglected in Your Sacrament.

My Jesus, I love You with my whole heart. I repent of having in the past so many times displeased Your infinite goodness. I intend, with the help of Your grace never more to offend You in the future; and at the present, wretched as I am, I consecrate myself wholly to You. I give You, and utterly renounce, my entire will, all my affections, all my desires, and all that I possess. From this day forth, do with me and with all that is mine whatever is pleasing in Your sight. I ask and desire only Your holy love, final perseverance and the perfect fulfillment of Your will.

I commend to You the souls in purgatory, especially those who were most devoted to this Blessed Sacrament and to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

I commend to You in like manner all poor sinners. Finally, my dear Savior, I unite all my affections with those of Your most loving Heart, and thus united I offer them to Your eternal Father, and I pray to Him in Your name graciously to accept and answer them for love of You.

Hail Holy Queen

Hail Holy Queen, Mother of
Mercy, our life our sweetness
and our hope. To you do we cry,
poor banished children of Eve.
To you do we send up our sighs,
mourning and weeping in this
valley of tears. Turn then, most
gracious advocate, your eyes of
mercy toward us. And after this
our exile show unto us the blessed
fruit of your womb, Jesus. O
clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin
Mary. Pray for us, O holy Mother
of God, that we may be made worthy
of the promises of Christ.
Amen.

Hail Mary

                                                                                           Hail Mary, full of grace
the Lord is with thee
Blessed art thou among
women and blessed
is the fruit of thy womb,
Jesus. Holy Mary, mother
of God, pray for us sinners
now and at the hour of
our death.
                                                           Amen

Regina Coeli

Queen of heaven, rejoice,
alleluia:
For He whom you merited to bear,
alleluia,
Has risen, as He said,
alleluia.
Pray for us to God,
alleluia.
Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary,
alleluia. For Our Lord hath risen indeed,
alleluia.

A Prayer

May your heart always be
the temple of the Holy Spirit.
May Jesus always be the helmsman
of your little spiritual ship.
May Mary be the star
which shines on your path
and may she show you the safe way
to reach the Heavenly Father.
Amen.

St. Pio of Pietrelcina

A Prayer

May Jesus comfort you
in all your afflictions.
May He sustain you in dangers,
watch over you always with His grace,
and indicate the safe path
that leads to eternal salvation.
And may He render you
always dearer to His Divine Heart
and always more worthy of Paradise.
Amen

-St. Pio of Pietrelcina

Prayer After The Rosary

O God, whose only begotten Son,
by His life, death and resurrection,
has purchased for us
the rewards of eternal salvation;
grant, we beseech Thee, that,
while meditating upon these mysteries
of the most Holy Rosary
of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
we may imitate what they contain
and obtain what they promise,
through the same Christ our Lord, Amen.
May the Divine Assistance
remain always with us,
and may the souls of the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God,
rest in peace. Amen

The Prayer of St Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive.
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.‚  Amen

Prayer to St. Michael

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us
in battle. Be our defense against the
wickedness and snares of the Devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly
pray and do thou, O Prince of the
heavenly hosts, by the power of God,
thrust into hell, Satan, and all the evil
spirits, who prowl about the world
seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen.

Prayer to the Guardian Angel

Angel of God, my guardian
dear, to whom the goodness of
the Heavenly Father entrusts me.
Enlighten, protect and guide
me, now and forever.
Amen.

A Prayer to Jesus

by St. Pio of Pietrelcina

Oh Jesus, give me Your strength when my
weak nature rebels against the distress and
suffering of this life of exile, and enable
me to accept everything with serenity and peace.
With my whole strength I cling to Your merits,
Your sufferings, Your expiation, and Your tears,
so that I may be able to cooperate with You in
the work of salvation. Give me strength to fly from sin,
the only cause of Your agony‚  Your sweat
of blood, and Your death.Destroy in me all that
displeases You and fill my heart with the
fire of your holy love and all Your sufferings.
Clasp me tenderly, firmly, close to You that I
may never leave You alonein Your cruel Passion.
I ask only for a place of rest in Your Heart. Amen.

Alma Redemptoris Mater

Loving mother of the
Redeemer, gate of heaven,
star of the sea. Assist your
people who have fallen yet
strive to rise again. To the
wonderment of nature you bore
your Creator yet remained a
virgin after as before. You
who received Gabriel's joyful
greeting, have pity on us.
Amen

A Spiritual Communion

Jesus, truly present in the Most Blessed
Sacrament I love You above all things and
I desire to possess You within my soul.
Since I am unableat this moment to
receiveYou sacramentally,come at least
spirituallyinto my heart.I embrace You as
being already there,and unite myself
wholly to You.Never permit me to be
separated from You. Amen.

A Prayer to the Guardian Angel

Dear Angel at my side

God gave you to me to guide,
protect, and enlighten me,
and to bring me back to the
right path when I go astray.

Encourage me when I am disheartened,
and instruct me when I err in judgment.

Help me
to be accepted
into the company of‚ the angels
and saints in heaven.
Amen

Divine Praises

Blessed be God. Blessed be his Holy Name.
Blessed be Jesus Christ, true God and true man.
Blessed be the name of Jesus.
Blessed be his most Sacred Heart.
Blessed be his most Precious Blood.
Blessed be Jesus in the most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.
Blessed be the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
Blessed be the great Mother of God, Mary most holy.
Blessed be her holy and Immaculate Conception.
Blessed be her glorious Assumption.
Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother.
Blessed be Saint Joseph, her most chaste spouse.
Blessed be God in his angels and in his saints.

Padre Pio Devotions" Books by Diane Allen