Stay With Me, Lord
Prayer of St. Pio of Pietrelcina After Holy Communion
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.
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.
Back to Prayer Index ↑Prayer for the Intercession of St. Pio
A petition prayer through Saint Padre Pio
O God, You gave St. Pio of Pietrelcina, 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 I 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)
Back to Prayer Index ↑Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Recited daily by Padre Pio for 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.
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Prayer to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
A prayer of consecration and trust
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.
Back to Prayer Index ↑Prayer of Pope John Paul II to Padre Pio
Recited at 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.
Obtain for us the eyes of faith that will help us recognize in the poor and suffering, the very face of Jesus.
Be with us on our earthly pilgrimage toward the blessed homeland, where we too, hope to arrive to contemplate forever the glory of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Back to Prayer Index ↑An Act of Consecration
Prayed by Padre Pio 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.
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.
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The Angelus
Traditional Marian prayer
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, O 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.
Back to Prayer Index ↑Visit to the Most Blessed Sacrament
Prayed daily by Padre Pio; 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.
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 commend to You the souls in purgatory, especially those who were most devoted to this Blessed Sacrament and to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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.
Back to Prayer Index ↑Hail Holy Queen
Traditional Marian prayer
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.
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Prayer to St. Michael
Traditional prayer of protection
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.
Back to Prayer Index ↑Prayer to the Guardian Angel
Traditional guardian angel prayer
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.
Back to Prayer Index ↑Divine Praises
Traditional praises of God and the saints
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.
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