Saint
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio)
- Country / origin
- Italy
- Life
- 1887–1968
- Feast
- 23 September
Awaiting theological review
Who was this?
A Capuchin friar who spent long hours hearing confessions and founded a hospital, the Home for the Relief of Suffering.
Patron of
- confession
- suffering
- healing
- conversion
- prayer
When to ask for intercession
- illness
- suffering
- needing conversion
- finding it hard to go to confession
- spiritual trials
A short prayer
Saint Pio, help me to trust Jesus in pain, to seek forgiveness and to persevere in prayer.
Written for Lumen as a simple personal prayer of intercession — not a liturgical text.
Associated devotion: The prayer Stay with me, Lord, prayed by Padre Pio after Communion.
What are you living through today?
- Anxiety
- Confession
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