Cath-Lit Live: Stay with Me, Lord: 30 Days with Padre Pio

Amy J. Cattapan interviews Susan De Bartoli about her new book, Stay with Me, Lord: 30 Days with Padre Pio (Ave Maria Press).

"Cath-Lit Live!" features brief interviews with Catholic authors who are releasing new books. Hosted by Catholic author and speaker Amy J. Cattapan, "Cath-Lit Live!" gives viewers a glimpse into the latest Catholic books while getting to know a bit about the author as well. 

Stay with Me, Lord: 30 Days with Padre Pio by Susan De Bartoli (Ave Maria Press)

Discover the timeless spiritual counsel of Padre Pio—one of the most beloved and powerful spiritual guides of the twentieth century—whose life was profoundly marked by intense suffering and extraordinary union with Christ. Stay with Me, Lord, the newest book in the Great Spiritual Teachers series, offers a month of daily readings that draw you into Padre Pio’s prayer of intimacy, dependence, and surrender. At the heart of Padre Pio’s devotion was a single, piercing longing: that Christ would never leave him. This longing gave rise to his powerful post-Communion prayer, “Stay with Me, Lord”—the heartfelt plea of a soul that could not imagine separation from its Savior. It is a prayer of dependence, intimacy, and trust, and a window into Padre Pio’s very heart. Stay with Me, Lord invites you to make this prayer your own and to discover how uniting your suffering with Christ can become a path to deeper love, healing, and holiness. Padre Pio reminds us that “when we suffer, Jesus is closer to us”—a truth that offers hope in every season of life. Each day features a brief morning meditation drawn from Padre Pio’s own writings, a simple mantra for use throughout the day, and an evening prayer to focus your thoughts as the day ends. This easy-to-use format is designed to help busy people pray in the footsteps of a great spiritual teacher.

About the Author: 

Susan De Bartoli is the author of the award-winning Welcoming the Christ Child with Padre Pio and Welcoming the Holy Spirit with Padre Pio, as well as Carry the Cross with Padre Pio. She serves as the secretary of the Board of Directors of the Padre Pio Foundation of America and owns Little Flower Pilgrimages. De Bartoli has been a guest on various radio and television shows and podcasts, including Let Me Be Frank with Bishop Frank J. Caggiano, Seize the Day with Gus Lloyd, EWTN’s Catholic Connection with Teresa Tomeo, and Catholic Faith Network’s CFN Live. She is a lady commander of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. De Bartoli lives in the New York area

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