The prayer below (written by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque) was the one Padre Pio would use when people asked him to pray for them. It was one of the favorite of him.
Prayer
O Jesus, full of grace and charity, victim for sinners, so impelled by Your love for us that You willed to die on the Cross, I humbly beseech You to glorify in heaven and on earth Your servant, Padre Pio, who generously participated in Your sufferings, who loved You so much and labored so faithfully for the glory of Your Heavenly Father and for the good of souls. With confidence I ask You to grant me, through Saint Padre Pio’s intercession, these special requests… (mention here).
FIRST PRAYER
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 I ask for the grace of … (mention your request here).
Our Father …
Hail Mary …
Glory to the Father …
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.
SECOND PRAYER
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… (mention your request here).
Our Father …
Hail Mary …
Glory to the Father …
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.
THIRD PRAYER
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… (mention your request here).
Our Father …
Hail Mary …
Glory 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 mercy on us 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,
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 exile
show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
O clement, O loving,
O sweet Virgin Mary.
St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us
Amen.
