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Saint Pio was born in Pietrelcina, Italy, on 25 May
1887.
His family was a hardworking farming family.
He was tutored privately until his entry into the Capuchin Friars
at the age of 15. He was ordained a priest in 1910.
His whole life was marked by
long hours of prayer
and continue austerity. His letters to his spiritual directors reveal the suffering,
physical and spiritual, which accompanied
him through out his entire life.
He had a very deep union with
God the Father.
God in the three person, Father, Son and the Holy Spirit
Saint Pio had a burning love for the Blessed Eucharist
and our Blessed Lady... The Lady of the Rosary.
On 20 September 1918:
The five wounds of our Lord's Passion appeared on his body.
He was the first stigmatized priest in the history of the Church.
Died at Giovanni Rotondo, Italy,
on 23 September 1968.
His body after the funeral was entombed in the crypt of
Our Lady of Grace Church.
On 16 June 2002 Pope
John Paul II declared Padre Pio Saint
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Prayer to obtain the Glorification of Padre Pio
O Jesus,
full of grace and charity, victim for sinners, so impelled by love for us that you willed to die on
the cross, I humbly beseech you to glorify in heaven and on earth the
Servant of God, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, who generously participated in your suffering, who loved you
so much and laboured so faithfully for the glory of your heavenly Father
and for the good of souls.
With confidence I beseech
you to grant me, through his intercession, the grace of... (Make your request) which I
ardently desire.
Amen.
Glory be to the Father...(end the Glorification of Padre Pio by saying this prayer three times)
Imprimatur:
Manfredonia, 12-3-1971
Valentino Vailati
Archbishop
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Efficacious Novena To the Sacred Hearth of Jesus
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- 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...
(Make your request) and say the following prayers:
One Our Father, one Hail Mary and one Glory be to the Father. Now end with: Sacred Heart of
Jesus, I place all my trust in you.
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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...
(Make your request) and say the following prayers:
One Our Father, one Hail Mary and one Glory be to the Father. Now end with: Sacred Heart of
Jesus, I place all my trust in you.
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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...
(Make your request) and say the following prayers:
One Our Father, one Hail Mary and one Glory be to the Father. Now end with: 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 miserable sinners and grant us the grace which we ask of you, through the Sorrowful and
Immaculate Heart of Mary, your tender mother and ours.
Now finish the
Efficacious Novena by
saying Hail, Holy Queen and add:
St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us.
Note on the Efficacious
Novena:
This Novena prayer was recited every day by Padre Pio for all those who asked his prayers.
The faithful are invited to recite it daily, so as to be spiritually united with the prayer of
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