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October 2025
If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree,
‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea, and it would obey you. (Luke 17:5-10)
Jesus, Master! Have pity on us! Stand up and go; your faith has saved you. (Luke 17: 11-19)
But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth? (Luke 18: 1-8)
O God, be merciful to me a sinner.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbles, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted. (Luke 18: 9-14)
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Lord God of my heart, You alone know and see all my troubles.
You alone are aware that all my distress springs from fear of losing You,
of offending You, from my fear of not loving You as much as I should love and desire to love You.
If You to Whom everything is present and Who alone can see the future,
Know that it is for Your greater glory and for my salvation
that I should remain in this state, then let it be so. I do not want to escape from it.
Give me the strength to fight and to obtain what is given to strong souls.
(Prayer of Surrender to Jesus)
1 – In love it is Jesus Who delights me, while in suffering, it is I who give Him pleasure.
2 – I love the Cross, the Cross alone because I always see it on His shoulders.
3 – By this time Jesus is well aware that my entire life, my whole heart, is consecrated to Him and His sufferings.
4 – I am ready to be deprived forever of the tenderness which Jesus lavishes on me, as long as He does not hide His love from me.
5 – Take concern to have your heart be more pleasing to our Master day by day.
6 – Do things in such a way that this year is more fruitful in good works than last year.
7 – The years are passing away and we are approaching eternity.
8 – We need to redouble our courage and lift our souls to God, serving Him with more diligence in everything that our Christian vocation requires.
9 – My soul is aflame with the most keen desire to possess entirely.
10 – As in a mirror I am shown my whole future life as nothing but martyrdom.
11 – Without knowing why, and with unspeakable love, I yearn for death
12 – Despite all my efforts to be driven to ask God with tears in my yes let me be taken from this exile.
13 – I feel inflamed with such a lively and ardent desire to please God.
14 – I am gripped by such a fear of falling into any slightest imperfection that I would like to flee from all dealings with creatures.
15 – Another desire rises up like a giant in my heart, the longing to be in the midst of all His people.
16 – (The desire rises up in my heart) to proclaim at the top of my voice who this great God of mercy is.
17 – One day we will recognize and value how great is the treasure that we earned from our earthly suffering.
18 – From generous souls and from those in love, God expects acts of heroism and fidelity.
19 – God expects acts of heroism and fidelity so that, after the ascent of Calvary, they may reach Mount Tabor (of the Transfiguration).
20 – I am suffering very much. But thanks to our good Jesus, I still feel a little strength.
21 – When aided by Jesus, what is the creature not capable of doing?
22- I do not desire by any means to have my course lightened.
23 – Contemplating the Cross on His shoulders, I feel more and more fortified, and exult with holy joy.
24 – I feel the need to cry out: Give me what You command and command what You will.
25 – Do not allow the idea of my suffering to cast a shadow on our spirit, or to sadden your heart.
26 – We must hide our tears. Despite my unworthiness he has chosen (my tears) to help Him in the tremendous task f man’s salvation.
27 – I desire to suffer more and more without the slightest consolation. And this consists of all my joys.
28 – How can I thank you for being so united with my sufferings?
29 – With the help of the good angel, that wretch (satan) has been vanquished this time in his wicked design.
30 – He (satan) wants to put an end to me at all costs and is using all his diabolical cunning to this end. But he will be crushed.
31 – I am at peace, resigned to everything, and I hope these diabolical tricks will not produce the disastrous effects that frightened me for a while.
Most Holy Rosary of Our Lady
St. Pio of Pietrelcina – Good Father and Spiritual Guide, your love for the Eucharist and for our Heavenly Mother Mary made you respect and love every facet of life that spoke of God and his loving care for all creation. Be with me as I open my heart to the Most Blessed Trinity and intercede for me that, through the intercession of Our Mother Mary and yours, I may be holy and always live in God’s Most holy Will.
Good Father, present me as your Spiritual Child to our Lady, as I open my heart to her, that she, in turn, may keep me and protect me in her Immaculate Heart, and lead me to Jesus, Her Son.
Help me to see Jesus in the Eucharist I celebrate and receive so often. Pray that I, as Mary, may be a Tabernacle where Jesus finds a welcoming and a well-prepared place to dwell. On earth, Mary was the Monstrance who presented Jesus to the world, pray that I too may present Jesus in my life to all those whom I encounter on life’s journey.
Mary, my Mother, with Padre Pio as my companion in coming to you, intercede for me before the Blessed Trinity Whose Daughter, Mother and Spouse you are.
To Our Lady (adapted Prayer composed by St. Bernard) – Remember, O most compassionate Virgin Mary, never was it known, that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your assistance, or sought your intercession, was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly to you, O Virgin of virgins, my mother, to you I come, sinful and sorrowful. Mother of the Word Incarnate (assist me, that I may open my heart to the Word Incarnate and, like you, open my life to Christ, that I may live with, in, and for Jesus, as you did.) Despise not my request, but in your clemency, hear and answer me.
Amen.
(Padre Pio’s love for the Rosary that he recited so often in the course of each day, encourages us to reflect upon the Rosary this month dedicated to its Mysteries. Each day choose one of the mysteries of the Rosary. Offer the following simple aspiration with the virtue of the day, and try to remember it and offer it throughout the day.)
Good Jesus, through the… (here mention the mystery of the Rosary you will carry with you during the day) may the example of Our Blessed Mother Mary who lived this moment with you, and the devotion of Padre Pio who meditated on this mystery each day, obtain for me the grace of… (here mention the virtue of the mystery) today.
JOYFUL
Annunciation and Incarnation – HUMILITY
Visit of Mary to Elizabeth – CHARITY
Birth at Bethlehem – POVERTY of SPIRIT
Presentation and Purification – OBEDIENCE
Finding in the Temple – FIDELITY to GOSPEL
LUMINOUS
Baptism in the Jordan – ACCEPTING GOD’S WILL
Presence at the Wedding in Cana – CELEBRATING LIFE AS A CHILD OF GOD
Preaching the Kingdom/Repentance – REPENTANCE
Transfiguration – SEEING GOD AT ALL TIMES
Institution of the Eucharist – EUCHARISTIC LOVE
SORROWFUL
Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane – FERVOR
Scourging at the Pillar – PENANCE
Crowning with Thorns – MORAL COURAGE
Carrying of the Cross – PATIENCE
Death on the Cross – SELF-SACRIFICE
GLORIOUS
Resurrection – FAITH
Ascension – HOPE
Descent of the Holy Spirit – LOVE & ZEAL
Assumption of Our Lady – DEVOTION TO MARY
Crowning of Mary – FINAL PERSEVERANCE
Concluding Prayers
Father, all-powerful and ever-living God, through life’s joys and sorrows, enlighten me to live your Word, that I may come, one day, as Mary, to the glory you have promised all who hear your Word and keep It. You live forever. Amen.
Mary, my Most Holy Mother, with Padre Pio as my companion in coming to you, I pray that you intercede for me before the Blessed Trinity Whose Daughter, Mother and Spouse you are.
St. Joseph, silent man of faith, intercede for me that as you I may listen to the Word God speaks to me and live it quickly, fully, and joyfully, as God wills it, when God wills it, how God wills it, why God wills it, because God wills it.
Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, pray for me, that with childlike confidence in Our Lady, I can say with you: thank you, Mary, my Mother, for the many graces I obtain through your almighty intercession. Blessed Father of those Spiritual Children who seek to deepen their relationship with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit through your loving intercession and powerful counsels, pray for me that I always be available to God’s Most Holy Will. Following Jesus, Whose blessed wounds you bore, may I bear my daily challenges hopefully with a joyful heart. In the Holy Spirit Whose gifts were so powerfully manifested in your life, may I know God’s Will and have the courage to live what I have come to know. Keep me as your Spiritual Child and lead me ever closer to Jesus, our Lord and Savior, Who lives with the Eternal Father and the Holy Spirit, one God living and reigning forever. Amen.