Most Holy Spirit, help us; teach us to how to pray to You as You intend us to.

Meditation

We recommend that you read the text of the meditation attentively; pray with all your heart, ask the Virgin Mary to grant you the grace to listen and remember the words of the Lord. 

When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. “What do you want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?”

Some distance from them a large herd of pigs was feeding. The demons begged Jesus, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

He said to them, “Go!” So they came out and went into the pigs, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and died in the water. 33 Those tending the pigs ran off, went into the town and reported all this, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men. 34 Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they pleaded with him to leave their region." (Matthew 8:28-34)

The Rosary of the Holy Wounds

Open the prayer by saying:

"O Jesus, Divine Redeemer, be merciful to us and to the whole world. Amen.

Strong God, holy God, immortal God, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Amen.

Grace and mercy, O my Jesus, during present dangers; cover us with Your Precious Blood. Amen.

Eternal Father, grant us mercy through the Blood of Jesus Christ, Your only Son; grant us mercy, we implore You. Amen."

On the large beads:

"Eternal Father, I offer You the Wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ, to heal the wounds of our souls."

On the small beads:

"My Jesus, pardon and mercy, through the merits of Your Holy Wounds."

Finish the Rosary by reciting 3 times:

"O Eternal Father, be merciful to us through the Blood of Jesus Christ Your only Son! Be merciful to us, we implore You!"

Padre Pio's "Efficacious" Prayer

1. O my Jesus, you have said: 'Truly I say to you, ask and you will receive, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you. ' Behold I knock, I seek and ask for the grace of... (name your request).

One Our Father, One Hail Mary and One Glory Be

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in You!

2. 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... (name your request).

One Our Father, One Hail Mary and One Glory Be

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in You!

3. O my Jesus, you have said: 'Truly I say to you, heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not. ' Encouraged by You infallible words, I now ask for the grace of... (name your request). 

 One Our Father, One Hail Mary and One Glory Be

Sacred Heart of Jesus, I trust in You!

O Sacred Heart of Jesus, for whom it is impossible not to have compassion on the afflicted, have pity on us, poor sinners,  and grant us the grace which we ask of you, through the Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, your tender mother and ours.

 St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us.

Hail Holy Queen

"Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life our sweetness and our hope. 

To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. 

Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!

Amen."