[The following prayer, posted on the websites of several parishes, is reportedly derived from Saint Padre Pio. Whatever the source, it is powerful and brings us now rapidly into the healing power of Advent, of the Christ Child]:

Heavenly Father, I thank You for loving me.
I thank You for sending Your Son,
Our Lord Jesus Christ, to the world to save and to set me free.
I trust in Your power and grace that sustain and restore me.
Loving Father,
touch me now with Your healing hands,
for I believe that Your Will is for me to be well in mind, body, soul, and spirit.
Cover me with the most Precious Blood of Your Son,
our Lord, Jesus Christ, from the top of my head to the soles of my feet.
Cast anything that should not be in me.
Root out any unhealthy and abnormal cells.
Open any blocked arteries or veins and rebuild and replenish any damaged areas.
Remove all inflammation and cleanse any infection
by the power of Jesus’ Precious Blood.
Let the fire of Your healing Love pass through my entire body
to heal and make new any diseased areas
so that my body will function the way you created it to function.
Touch also my mind and my emotion,
even the deepest recesses of my heart.
Saturate my entire being with Your presence,
love, joy, and peace, and draw me ever closer to You every moment of my life.
And Father, fill me with Your Holy Spirit
and empower me to do Your works
so that my life will bring glory and honor to Your Holy Name.
I ask this in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen.

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[resources: books about Padre Pio]