Stay with me Lord -- St. Padre Pio

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 wish it to be a place of consolation for You, a nest of Love. 

- St. Padre Pio

Novena to Saint Therese of the Little Flower

In wikimedia commons

Saint Therese, the Little
Flower, please pick me
a rose from the heavenly
garden and send it to
me with a message of love.

Ask God to grant me the
favor I thee implore and
tell Him I will love
Him each day more and more.


The above prayer, plus 5 Our Father's, 5 Hail Mary's and 5 Glory Be's must be said on 5 successive days, before 11 a.m. On the 5th day, the 5th set of prayers having been completed, offer one more set - 5 Our Father's, 5 Hail Mary's and 5 Glory Be's.)

Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Come Holy Spirit fill the hears of your faithful and en-kindle in them the fire of Your Love.

Send forth Your Spirit and They shall be created.

And You shall rule the face of the Earth.

O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the Faithful, grant that in the same Spirit we may be truly be wise and ever rejoice in His consolation, through Christ our Lord. Amen

Prayer for Daily Neglects

Eternal Father, I offer you the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with all its Love, all its Sufferings and all its Merits.

First - To expiate all the sins I have committed this day and during all my life. 

(Glory to the Father...)

Second - To purify the good I have done badly this day and during all my life. (Glory to the Father...)

Third - To supply for the good I ought to have done, and that I have neglected this day and during all my life.  (Glory To the Father...)

The Golden Arrow

(Prayer to heal the wounds inflicted by blasphemy)

May the most Holy, most Sacred, most Adorable, most Mysterious and unutterable Name of God be always praised, blessed, loved, adored and glorified in heaven on Earth and under the Earth, by all the creatures of God, and by the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ in the most Holy Sacrament of the Altar.

(This prayer was revealed by Our Lord to a Carmelite Nun of Tours in 1843 as a reparation for blasphemy.  " This golden Arrow will wound My Heart delightfully," He said," and heal the wounds inflicted by blasphemy.")

imprimature: + T.J. Toolen, Archbishop of Mobile-Birm

Prayer to defeat the work of Satan

O Divine Eternal Father, in union with your Divine Son and the Holy Spirit, and through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg You to destroy the power of your greatest enemy - the evil spirits.

Cast them into the deepest recesses of hell and chain them there forever!  Take possession of Your Kingdom which you have created and which is rightfully yours.

Heavenly Father, give us the reign of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

I repeat this prayer out of pure love for You with every beat of my heart and with every breath I take.  Amen.

Imprimature, March 1973, +Richard H. Ackerman

Bishop of Covington

source: 

Pieta Prayer Booklet, p33

Act of Love

My god, I love you above all things, with my whole heart and soul, because you are all good and worthy of all love.

I love my neighbor as myself for the love of you.

I forgive all who have injured me and I ask pardon of all whom I have injured.



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Act of Hope

My God, relying on your infinite goodness and promises, I hope to obtain pardon of my sins, the help of your grace, and life everlasting, through the merits of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Redeemer.

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Act of Faith

My God, I firmly believe that you are one God in three divine Persons: Father, son and Holy Spirit;  I believe that your divine Son became man, and died for our sins, and that He will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe these and all the truths which the Holy Catholic Church teaches because you have revealed them who can neither deceive nor be deceived.

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Prayer to our Guardian Angel

Angel of God my guardian dear, 

To whom His love commits me here,

Ever this day be at my side, 

to light and guard, 

to rule and guide.  

Amen

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Memorare

Remember, oh most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help or sought your intercession was left unaided.

Inspired with this confidence I fly unto you, Virgin of virgins, my mother.  To you I come, before you I stand sinful and sorrowful, Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in your mercy hear and answer me. Amen.

Hail Holy Queen

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 vale of tears.  Turn then, most gracious advocate, your eyes of mercy towards us, and after this exile show to us the blessed fruit of your womb Jesus.  O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.

Prayer for those who do not know Christ

Lord Jesus!  You who in the most bitter moments of Your Passion showed an ardent thirst for souls, grant that we may share in this thirst.  

Give us the light to grow in the knowledge of Your word and grant us strength so that by collaborating in preaching this word at every moment of our lives, we may bring You through Your Holy Church, and the intercession of Your Holy Mother to all souls who live far from the Truth.

Grant this so that with You, through You and in You, they may be reconciled to the Eternal Father in union with Whom together with the Holy Spirit,  You live and reign forever and ever.  Amen.

(One Our Father for those who do not know Christ) 

Source:


My Travel Companion: "A Prayer Book for All"

Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity: Prayer to the Trinity

    O my God, Trinity whom I adore; help me to forget myself entirely that I may be established in You as still and as peaceful as if my soul were already in eternity. May nothing trouble my peace or make me leave You, O my Unchanging One, but may each minute carry me further into the depths of Your mystery. Give peace to my soul; make it Your heaven, Your beloved dwelling and Your resting place. May I never leave You there alone but be wholly present, my faith wholly vigilant, wholly adoring, and wholly surrendered to Your creative Action.

    O my beloved Christ, crucified by love, I wish to be a bride for Your Heart; I wish to cover You with glory; I wish to love You...even unto death! But I feel my weakness, and I ask You to "clothe me with Yourself," to identify my soul with all the movements of Your Soul, to overwhelm me, to possess me, to substitute yourself for me that my life may be but a radiance of Your Life. Come into me as Adorer, as Restorer, as Savior.

    O Eternal Word, Word of my God, I want to spend my life in listening to You, to become wholly teachable that I may learn all from You. Then, through all nights, all voids, all helplessness, I want to gaze on You always and remain in Your great light. O my beloved Star, so fascinate me that I may not withdraw from Your radiance.

    O consuming Fire, Spirit of Love, "come upon me," and create in my soul a kind of incarnation of the Word: that I may be another humanity for Him in which He can renew His whole Mystery. And You, O Father, bend lovingly over Your poor little crature; "cover her with Your shadow," seeing in her only the "Beloved in whom You are well pleased."

    O my Three, my All, my Beatitude, infinite Solitude, Immensity in which I lose myself, I surrender myself to You as Your prey. Bury Yourself in me that I may bury myself in You until I depart to contemplate in Your light the abyss of Your greatness.

    -Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity, 21 November 1904

Source:

"Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity: Prayer to the Trinity"  www.catholic-forum.com August 1, 2011

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Prayer of the two Hearts for Peace Building and Lay Participation in Social Change

O sacred Heart of Jesus,

the reality of our deeply wounded and broken country impels us to respond with new urgency to the most pressing problems of our times.

We are a broken people; our hearts are fragmented and we are discouraged.  We need Your Heart, O Lord, as we seek to be made whole.

Rooted in our faith in You and love for our country, we want to participate in Your work of transformation of persons, families, organizations and society.

Through the transforming power of the love of Your Heart, we draw a new dynamism, a strong inspiration, a fire, which can change and transfigure our lives as individuals and as a nation.

(Please pause for a specific intention)

Love of the Heart of Jesus, give us courage and patience.  Wisdom of the Heart of Jesus, teach us to pray and to act with hope and charity at all times. Amen.

Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.

Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us.

Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines

Prayer for the Canonization of Pope John Paul the Great

Blessed Trinity, we thank you for having graced the Church with Pope John Paul II and for allowing the tenderness of your Fatherly care, the glory of the cross of Christ and the splendor of the Holy Spirit to shine through him.  

Trusting Fully in your infinite mercy and in the maternal intercession of Mary, he has given us a living image of Jesus the Good  Sheperd, and has shown us Christian Life and is the way of achieving eternal Communion with you.  

Grant us, by his intercession and according to Your will, the graces we now implore, hoping that he will soon be numbered among your saints. Amen.

Magnificat

My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,

My spirit rejoices in God my Savior,

for He has looked with favor on his lowly servant.

From this day all generations will call me blessed:

the Almighty has done great things for me, and Holy is His Name.

He has mercy on those who fear him in every generation.

He Has shown the strength of His arm, He has scattered the proud in their conceit.

He has cast down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up the lowly.

He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty.

He has come to the help of His servant Israel

for He has remembered His Promise of mercy,

the promise He made to our Fathers, 

to Abraham and His children for ever.

Fatima Prayer

Oh! My Jesus, forgive us our sins, Save us from the fires of Hell

And lead all souls to Heaven, Specially those who are most in need of Your Mercy.

Eucharistic Prayers of Akita

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. TRULY present in the HOLY EUCHARIST, I consecrate my body and soul to be entirely one with Your Heart, being sacrificed at every instant on all the altars of the world and giving praise to the Father, pleading for the coming of His Kingdom.

Please receive this humble offering of myself . Use me as You will for the glory of the Father and the salvation of souls.

Most Holy Mother of God, never let me be separated from Your Divine Son. Please defend and protect me as Your special child.  Amen.

Prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes

O Mother of mercy, healer of the sick, refuge of sinners, comforter of the afflicted, you know my wants, my troubles, my sufferings. 

Look with mercy on me. By appearing at the Grotto of Lourdes, you made it a privileged sanctuary, where you dispense your favors. 

Many of those who suffer have been cured of their infirmities, both physical and spiritual. I come therefore, with complete confidence to implore your intercession. 

O loving Mother, if it is God's will, grant my request. In gratitude for your favors, I will endeavor to imitate your virtues, that I may one day share in your glory. Amen.