This image titled "You Are A Priest Forever" was painted by artist Tommy Canning from Scotland.

St. Padre Pio, (May 25, 1887 – September 23, 1968) was a friar, priest, stigmatist, and mystic of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. He was canonized on June 16, 2002. Immediately after receiving communion it is a custom to kneel and pray. Padre Pio used to say, “Unite yourself to my prayers.”

 Padre Pio penned a breathtaking prayer to the Eucharist that remains well-beloved today. It invites us to be diligent in asking the Lord to remain with us. We who are so weak desperately need the strength of the Eucharist to grow in virtue and avoid sin.