Padre Pio Sacred Heart Novena Chaplet

History:

Padre Pio was born Francesco Forgione on May 25, 1887 in Pietrelcina, Italy. Raised in a pious Catholic family, Francesco entered the friary in 1903 and one year later received the Capuchin habit, taking the name Pio. He was ordained a priest and transferred to several sites until 1916, when he arrived in San Giovanni Rotondo, where he remained for the last 52 years of his life.  He died at San Giovanni Rotondo on September 23, 1968.  He was canonized as a saint on June 16, 2002 and became Saint Pio of Pietrelcina.  His memorial in the Church is on 23 September.

Padre Pio is admired for his fervant love of Christ and the Virgin Mary and is known as the great mystic of modern times.  He is reported to have experienced a wide variety of supernatural abilities and miraculous events including: the reading of souls; prophecy; bilocation (being in two places at once); the odor of sanctity; discernment of spirits; living on very little sleep; miraculous healings; personal visits from Jesus and Mary; and daily communication with his guardian angel.

Padre Pio's most famous spiritual gift is the stigmata, which he received in 1918 while praying before a crucifix. He is said to have bled from the five wounds of Christ for the rest of his life, which caused him great suffering and embarrassment.

The chaplet itself consists of fifteen beads (three groups of five beads each), a Padre Pio medal and a Sacred Heart of Jesus medal.  Saint Pio recited this Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus every day for all those who asked for his prayers.

Prayer Instructions:

On the Padre Pio medal say the prayer of the glorification of Padre Pio:

Oh Jesus, full of grace and charity, victim for sinners, so impelled by Your love for us that You willed to die on the Cross, I humbly beseech You to glorify in heaven and on earth, the Servant of God, Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, who generously participated in Your sufferings, who loved You so much, and labored so faithfully for the glory of Your Heavenly Father and for the good of souls. With confidence, I beseech You to grant me, through His intercession, the grace of (mention your request) which I ardently desire.

First Set:
On the first bead say:
O my Jesus, You have said: "Truly I say to you, ask and it will be given you, 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 you request).

Second bead: Our Father.
Third bead: Hail Mary.
Fourth bead: Glory be to the Father.
Fifth bead: Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.

Second Set:
On the first bead say:
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).

Second bead: Our Father.
Third bead: Hail Mary.
Fourth bead: Glory be to the Father.
Fifth bead: Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.

Third Set:
On the first bead say:
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 (mention your request).

Second bead: Our Father.
Third bead: Hail Mary.
Fourth bead: Glory be to the Father.
Fifth bead: Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in You.

On the Sacred Heart medal say:
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: Saint Joseph, foster father of Jesus, pray for us.