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. 

Psalm 116

 I love the Lord, for he heard my voice;
he heard my cry for mercy.
Because he turned his ear to me,
I will call on him as long as I live.

The cords of death entangled me,
the anguish of the grave came over me;
I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
Then I called on the name of the Lord:
“Lord, save me!”

The Lord is gracious and righteous;
our God is full of compassion.
The Lord protects the unwary;
when I was brought low, he saved me.

Return to your rest, my soul,
for the Lord has been good to you.

For you, Lord, have delivered me from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling,
that I may walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.

I trusted in the Lord when I said,
“I am greatly afflicted”;
in my alarm I said,
“Everyone is a liar.”

What shall I return to the Lord
for all his goodness to me?

 ^I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord.
I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.

Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his faithful servants.
Truly I am your servant, Lord;
I serve you just as my mother did;
you have freed me from my chains.

I will sacrifice a thank offering to you
and call on the name of the Lord.
I will fulfill my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
in the courts of the house of the Lord—
in your midst, Jerusalem.

Praise the Lord.

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."