Prayer for Healing from Chronic Illness

O God, our Father, source of all healing and hope, we come to You through the intercession of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, who carried the wounds of Christ in his own flesh for fifty years and never ceased to trust in Your mercy. Padre Pio, you who understood the long road of suffering that does not end after a single night, look with tenderness upon me as I carry this illness day after day, month after month, year after year. Ask the Lord to give me the strength I do not have on my own, to renew my body where it can be healed and to sustain my spirit where the healing tarries. Help me to find, as you did, a purpose even in this cross, uniting my pain to Christ's for the good of souls. Do not let weariness harden into despair; keep hope alive in me even on the hardest days. Padre Pio, you who prayed, hoped, and did not worry, obtain for me that same trust. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.