The Prayer of St. Padre Pio

Photo: R. Massaro (c)2020 Spirit Singing

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 fervour.

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, 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 and 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, 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.

(Prayed by St. Pio after he received Holy Communion)

Peace be with you!

Rosemarie, OCDS

THREE WORDS OF WISDOM

TODAY'S (ALMOST) THREE WORDS:

PRAY, HOPE , DON'T WORRY

(St. Pio, Feast Day: Sept. 23)

These simple words of wisdom from St. Pio bring to mind the teaching of our Carmelite Saint: Therese of Lisieux.  St. Therese teaches us that we cannot worry about the past, it is finished and over. And we cannot worry about what will happen tomorrow, it has not arrived. We can only live in the present moment and give God our all and be obedient to His will in each moment of the day.

We can save ourselves much pain and emotional suffering if we take these words to heart.  The Christian who trusts in the Lord and does not worry about what has happened or what will happen will truly have peace of heart.

Pictures from the Shrine of Padre Pio in Barto, Pennsylvania

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Above:Padre Pio's Glove that covered the stigmata.

The shrine staff  allows visitors to hold

it and pray for healing.

Replica of St. Pio's Casket

Peace be with you!
Rosemarie, ocds
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