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First-Class Relic of Padre PioVisiting St. Philip's on Wednesday, January 29 -
Join us on January 29
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We’re excited to announce that a first class relic of St. Pio will be displayed for public veneration at St. Philip’s this month!
Schedule for Wednesday, January 29
10 AM—6 PM Veneration of the Relic
4:30-6 PM Confessions
6 PM Rosary
6:30 PM Mass
Volunteers Needed!
CLICK HERE TO VOLUNTEER
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About St. Pio of Pietrelcina
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One of the most famous and beloved Saints of the past century, Padre Pio was born Francesco Forgione to a devout Italian family of peasant farmers in 1887. By the age of five, little Francesco had already decided to dedicate his life to God, and as a young boy could see his own guardian angel. At the age of 15, entered the Capuchin order, taking the name “Friar Pio.” Pio experienced religious ecstasy and other occurrences, including battles with the devil, and he gained a reputation for sanctity. He was ordained a priest in 1910, thus becoming Father Pio or “Padre Pio.”
Padre Pio experienced the phenomenon known as the stigmata, unexplained wounds in likeness to those received by Our Lord in the Passion. For fifty years, Padre Pio bore painful, bleeding wounds in his hands, feet, and side.
Padre Pio’s advice and counsel was sought by many, and he heard countless confessions. After his death in 1968, Padre Pio’s funeral drew over 100,000 mourners. He was canonized in 2002.
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Padre Pio's Sacred Heart Novena Prayer
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As we prepare for the visit of the relic of St. Pio, please consider praying this novena, which he recited every day:
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 ...
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.
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 ...
Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.
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...
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.
Hail Holy Queen…
St. Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us. -
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