St. Padre Pio’s favorite prayer of petition

Typically, when someone asks us to pray for a specific intention, we have our “go-to” prayer. It might be the Rosary, an Our Father, or simply a heartfelt plea to God. St. Pio of Pietrelcina (more commonly known as “Padre” Pio) had his, which he prayed for everyone who asked for his prayers. Every day, Padre Pio was asked by numerous people, whether in person or by letter, to pray for a specific intention and many times this intention was miraculously answered by God.

Below is the prayer that Padre Pio would pray each time he wanted to intercede for someone. It is actually a prayer composed by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque and is commonly called the “Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.” She was a saint and a mystic who lived in the 17th century, and received multiple visions of Jesus during her lifetime.

Many believe this is a powerful prayer because it calls upon the heart of Jesus to have mercy on us and our petitions. Jesus’ heart is indeed full of love and compassion and this prayer trusts in that love, believing that he is tender enough to generously grant our petition if it is in his holy will.

Above all things, it must be prayed with a sincere faith, as Padre Pio would have prayed it, and not as a candy dispenser. God is not a genie who grants us whatever wish we desire, but instead responds in love to a child who asks for something, knowing exactly what we need.

𝗘𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀

𝐈.

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 …… (𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵)

𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 …. 𝘏𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺 …. 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘉𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 …. 𝘚𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘐 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

𝐈𝐈.

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 ……. (𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵)

𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 …. 𝘏𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺 …. 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘉𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 …. 𝘚𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘐 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

𝐈𝐈𝐈.

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 ….. (𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵)

𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 …. 𝘏𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺 …. 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘉𝘦 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 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.

Say the Hail, Holy Queen, and add: St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us.

Source: Fear Not