{"id":330,"date":"2010-10-26T17:34:55","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T17:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jkmsolutions.com\/PPPG\/?page_id=330"},"modified":"2015-06-29T18:46:14","modified_gmt":"2015-06-29T18:46:14","slug":"prayer-to-saint-pio-of-pietrelcina","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pppg.org\/?page_id=330","title":{"rendered":"Prayer to Saint Pio of Pietrelcina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saint Pio of Pietrelcina<br \/>\nYou were generously endowed by God,<br \/>\nThe Giver of all good gifts,<br \/>\nWith the gifts of the Spirit,<br \/>\nSigning your body as a living witness to the saving<br \/>\nPassion and Death of Jesus, His Son.<br \/>\nMany looked upon the reflection of the<br \/>\nCrucified Jesus in your body<br \/>\nAnd experienced anew God\u2019s saving mercy.<br \/>\nThrough your ministry,<br \/>\nGod reconciled penitents to Himself<br \/>\nAnd invited them to taste His sweetness<br \/>\nIn the Holy Eucharist.<br \/>\nThrough your powerful intercession before God,<br \/>\nPray for us, that we may follow<br \/>\nYour example of prayer and penance<br \/>\nAnd come to follow more closely our Risen Lord<br \/>\nSo that one day we may rejoice with you in that kingdom<br \/>\nWhere God calls all his faithful children<br \/>\nTo live in the light of His love and eternal peace.<br \/>\nPray for us Saint Pio of Pietrelcina<br \/>\nThat we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Let us pray<\/p>\n<p>God of mercy and love, you called St. Pio of Pietrelcina to extend  the mystery of the cross visibly into the lives of sinners and  sufferers,  that they might be converted to believe in the Gospel. Through his  intercession,  strengthen all believers in the willingness to take up the cross daily  and follow Jesus Christ your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with  you and the Holy Spirit, one God for ever and ever.<\/p>\n<p>Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saint Pio of Pietrelcina You were generously endowed by God, The Giver of all good gifts, With the gifts of the Spirit, Signing your body as a living witness to the saving Passion and Death of Jesus, His Son. Many looked upon the reflection of the Crucified Jesus in your body And experienced anew God\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":66,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-330","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pppg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pppg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pppg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pppg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pppg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pppg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1447,"href":"https:\/\/www.pppg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/330\/revisions\/1447"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pppg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/66"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pppg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}