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 alway be
in Your company. Stay with me, Lord, if You wish me to be faithful to
You. Stay with me, Lord, as poor as my soul is I want it to be a
place of consolation for You, a nest of Love. Stay with me, Jesus,
for it is getting late and the day is coming to a close and life
passes, death, judgment and eternity approaches. It is necessary to
renew my strength, so that I will not stop along the way and for
that, I need You. It is getting late and death approaches, I fear the
darkness, the temptations, the dryness, the cross, the sorrows. O how
I need You, my Jesus, in this night of exile! Stay with me tonight,
Jesus, in life with all its dangers, I need You. Let me recognize You
as Your disciples did at the breaking of the bread, so that the
Eucharistic Communion be the Light which disperses the darkness, the
force which sustains me, the unique joy of my heart. Stay with me,
Lord, because at the hour of my death, I want to remain united to
You, if not by Communion, at least by grace and love. Stay with me,
Lord, for it is You alone I look for, Your Love, Your Grace, Your
Will, Your Heart, Your Spirit, because I love You and ask no other
reward but to love You more and more. With a firm love, I will love
You with all my heart while on earth and continue to love You
perfectly during all eternity. Amen.
– Saint
Padre Pio of Pietrelcina from
his
Prayer After Holy Communion
Saint
Padre Pio of Pietrelcina's
patronage: Civil
defense volunteers; Adolescents; Pietrelcina; Stress relief; Italy;
Malta
