This is an excellent prayer for before a long run, a lonely run, or before a race.
STAY WITH ME, LORD
Prayer by St. Pio
Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have you present so that I do not forget you. You
know how easily I abandon you.
Stay with me, Lord, because I am weak, and I need your strength, so that I may not fall so
often.
Stay with me, Lord, for you are my life, and without you, I am without fervor.
Stay with me, Lord, for you are my light, and without you, I am in darkness.
Stay with me, Lord, to show me your will.
Stay with me, Lord, so that I hear your voice and follow you.
Stay with me, Lord, for I desire to love you very much, and always be in your company.
Stay with me, Lord, if you wish me to be faithful to you.
Stay with me, Lord, for as poor as my soul is, I want it to be a place of consolation for you, a
nest of love.
Stay with me, Jesus, for it is getting late, and the day is coming to a close, and life passes,
death, judgment, eternity approach. It is necessary to renew my strength, so that I will not
stop along the way and for that, I need You. It is getting late and death approaches. I fear the
darkness, the temptations, the dryness, the cross, the sorrows. O how I need You, my Jesus, in
this night of exile.
Stay with me tonight, Jesus, in life with all its dangers, I need You.
Let me recognize You as Your disciples did at the breaking of bread, so that the Eucharistic
Communion be the light which disperses the darkness, the force which sustains me, the
unique joy of my heart.
Stay with me Lord, because at the hour of my death, I want to remain united to you, if not by
Communion, at least by grace and love.
Stay with me Jesus, I do not ask for divine consolation because I do not merit it, but the gift of
Your presence, oh yes, I ask this of You.
Stay with me Lord, for it is You alone I look for, Your Love, Your Grace, Your Will, Your Heart,
Your Spirit, because I love You and ask no other reward but to love You more and more.
With a firm love, I will love You with all my heart while on earth and continue to love You
perfectly during all eternity.
~ Amen.
