Saints

Padre Pio's Prayer 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 alway 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 strenth, 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.

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Novena Prayer to St. Jude Thaddeus

St. Jude, glorious apostle, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the name of the traitor

has caused you to be forgotten by many. But the Church honors and invokes you

universally as the patron of hopeless cases, and of things despaired of. Pray for me who

am so distressed. Make use, I implore you, of that particular privilege accorded you to

bring visible and speedy help where help was almost despaired of. Come to my

assistance in this great need that I may receive the consolation and succor of Heaven in

all my necessities, tribulations and sufferings, particularly request, and that I may bless

God with you and all the elect throughout eternity. St. Jude, apostle, martyr, and

relative of our Lord Jesus Christ, of Mary, and of Joseph, intercede for us!

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Prayer to Saint John Bosco

O glorious Saint John Bosco, who in order to lead

young people to the feet of the divine Master and to

mould them in the light of faith and Christian

morality didst heroically sacrifice thyself to the very

end of thy life and didst set up a proper religious

Institute destined to endure and to bring to the

farthest boundaries of the earth thy glorious work,

obtain also for us from Our Lord a holy love for

young people who are exposed to so many seductions

in order that we may generously spend ourselves in

supporting them against the snares of the devil, in

keeping them safe from the dangers of the world,

and in guiding them, pure and holy, in the path that

leads to God.

Amen

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Prayer to St. Mary Magdalene

Saint Mary Magdalene, woman of many sins,

who by conversion became the beloved of Jesus,

thank you for your witness that Jesus forgives through the miracle of love.

You, who already possess eternal happiness in His glorious presence,

please intercede for me, so that some day I may share in the same everlasting joy.

Amen.

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Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus

O wondrous Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus, who, in thy brief earthly life, didst

become a mirror of angelic purity, of courageous love and of whole-hearted

surrender to Almighty God, now that thou art enjoying the reward of thy virtues,

turn thine eyes of mercy upon us who trust in thee. Obtain for us the grace to keep

our hearts and minds pure and clean like unto thine, and to detest in all sincerity

whatever might tarnish ever so slightly the luster of a virtue so sublime, a virtue that

endears us to they heavenly Bridegroom. Ah, dear Saint, grant us to feel in every

need the power of thy intercession; give us comfort in all the bitterness of this life

and especially at its latter end, that we may be worthy to share eternal happiness

with thee in paradise. Amen.

V. Pray for us, O blessed Theresa,

R. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

LET US PRAY

O Lord, who has said: "Unless you become as little children, you shall not enter into

the kingdom of heaven"; grant us, we beseech Thee, so to walk in the footsteps of

thy blessed Virgin Theresa with a humble and single heart, that we may attain to

everlasting rewards: Who livest and reignest world without end. Amen.

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Chaplet of Padre Pio

(contains medal, Crucifix, and 3 sets of 3 brown beads)

Oh Jesus, full of grace and charity, victim for sinners,

so impelled by Your love of us that You willed to die on the cross,

I humbly entreat Thee to glorify in heaven and on earth,

the servant of God, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina,

who generously participated in Your sufferings,

who loved Thee so much and laboured so faithfully

for the glory of Your heavently Father and for the good of souls.

With confidence, I beseech Thee to grant me,

through his intercession,

the grace of (mention your intentions) which I ardently desire.

(Say 3 Our Father's, 3 Hail Mary's and 3 Glorias).

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The Stations of the Cross