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DonateSt. Anthony of Padua is one of the Catholic Church’s most popular saints. Saint Anthony of Padua, patron saint of lost and stolen articles, was a powerful Franciscan preacher and teacher. He’s typically portrayed holding the child Jesus—or a lily—or a book—or all three—in his arms.
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“Mt. Airy” is the familiar name for the National Shrine of St. Anthony and Friary sitting on a hill above Cincinnati. The shrine had its start in the late 1880s, when Joseph and Elizabeth Nurre bought what was then a country estate for $18,000 and gave it to the Franciscan friars.
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The 130 friars of St. John the Baptist Province (SJB) are members of the Order of Friars Minor. We are a Franciscan brotherhood inspired by the 13th-century example of St. Francis of Assisi. We serve the Catholic Church as brothers and priests in a communal life of poverty, prayer, and service to others.
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Father; Help me with my housecleaning. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Father; Help me fulfill my obligations in the best way possible. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Dear St. Anthony, please help us find relief for JB 's back pain, N's health issues and WB 's sadness and grief. Please remember my family, friends and my enemies that they be blessed this day. Please pray for those who have no one to pray for them this day, world peace and those who pray in this space. May God bless us all this day.
St Anthony St Carlos st Bernadette mother Mary Padre pio and st jude and st Joseph please please today need your help and answer my prayers especially for my mom carmella she is having tooth pulled today please let the infection be gone and done with no complications keep her calm safe healthy and happy praying for my son rocky he is struggling financially help him with his personal and professional life and keep him safe healthy happy and patient while traveling for his job praying he return back to church and help him with his faith praying for my husband pete and family they rest in eternal peace and watch over us together praying for myself I remain strong calm and healthy while dealing with everything in my life I love and trust in you and all the saints amen
For faith, peace, and healing. For safe travels. May school and work go well. St. Anthony please pray for us.
Happy feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour 27 June, St John Baptist feast 24th June, pray for us, peace, justice prevail broken world in Jesus name we pray, especially India government, deliver us from evils, erratic government leaders. Pray that God fearing individuals completely take over for uplift of common people, poor, unemployed, youth, children education,welfare, Amen....
For Z A’s intentions, keep him Safe and happy. Protect, support and guide him. watch over him protect, support and guide him. Give him peace of mind. I offer this prayer for all his intentions. Thank you Amen
Please hear my prayer. Please let my father Alex and grandparents Margaret and Charles be comfortable and pain free. May they be protected, safe and happy in where they are. May God continue to care for them. They are truly missed, thank you for listening Amen
Pray for my parents' health being regained 2. Please protect my job and if it is God will that I should get a better job 3. I will be blessed with a suitable marriage partner and a good family blessed with children 4. There will be peace of mind and peace in the family
Please hear my prayer continue to watch over my children and nephew and niece. Give them the strength, guidance, direction, support and protection that they need. Please help them each meet someone now who will treat them well and who will love them, care for them, protect, support and commit to them. Please help them as each want to have their own partner and children. Let this happen soon as possible and let them be happy and content. Please let them be happy and content Amen
Bible Study over the summer, Blessing, Deliverance
lord please make everything go well
Hello can you guys please pray for my daughter . She is 2 yrs old , her name is Brianna . A few months ago she got blood work done and her white blood cell count came back low . They’re going to re check her soon . Please pray for her blood work to come back completely normal and healthy . She’s my beautiful miracle my one and only baby .
Please pray for me to st Anthony for a car companion ship and my health thank you God bless you all
Dear Lord please save us
Dear Lord, you know what I need and want right now. Please help me fix my mistakes and to reach my goals and desires. Amen
Good day. I humbly ask for your prayers for me and my partner, Roseann and Khevin , as well as for our child. I pray that the Lord may guide us in our relationship, especially during these times of uncertainty and changing decisions. I ask God to touch Khevin's heart, granting him clarity, responsibility, and a wholehearted commitment to our family. As my birthday approaches on July 16, I pray that God may grant the blessing I have long been hoping for that before the end of this year, Khevin may find the courage to propose and fully commit to me and our child, and that we may become his primary priority as his family. May the Lord bless our relationship with love, faithfulness, understanding, and peace. I also pray for good health, protection, and God's guidance for our child, Khenro Theios , and for our entire family. Thank you very much for your prayers. May God continue to bless you abundantly. Respectfully yours, Rose
Holy Spirit, You who make me see everything and showed me the way to reach my ideals, You who gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget the wrongs that is done to me and You who are in all instances of my life with me, I want to thank You for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from You no matter how great the material desire may be. I want to be with you and my loved ones in Your perpetual glory. Amen!
Please pray for my friend going through an ugly divorce, that the judge sees that his spouse is non-compliant, trying to ruin his business, and using the children against him. Please pray for an end to this and for this to go his way and in the best interests of the children. Thank you for your prayers.
Dearest St Anthony, please intercede on behalf of J, that she might heal from the wounds inflicted on her, that she might forgive, and that her family might be restored. Please ease the anxiety of M, L, J, C, J, S, J, T, D, A, and K. This situation is getting dire. Please help.
Take care of us
For faith, peace, and healing. For safe travels. May school and work go well. May the medical concerns of my friends and family be resolved and their health restored. May my wife's painful knee resolve. May my sister-in-laws surgery have an optimal result. May the clinical trials at work go well. May our Lord guide us all our days. St. Anthony please pray for us.
Please pray for Abbie and for Abbie's sons, for our current and critical needs. Thank you.
Father; Help me determine if the problem is my phone charger or the bedroom electric outlets are the problem without delay. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Please pray for my health as I am suffering from fear and toughness and panic attack 🙏🏻
I hope that it doesn’t rain on Sunday. I hope the rain goes elsewhere instead like places in Europe (with the heat wave) or United States (with the fires). I hope my ride to church doesn’t arrive to church too early this Sunday. My elderly parents want a puppy but hope not as it’ll be too much to handle. Hope to get money soon but hope no one gets nosy or have any odd ideas about it.
Master, we surrender 2 daughters’ happy settlement in their lives, our family, siblings’ family. protect & deliver us. Bless 4 homes, 2 cars & 4 banks. God fill us with Holy Spirit grant good health, long life, peace & joy for Your family. Thanks. St. Anthony please pray for our family. Thank you.
Thank you for being with me despite my bad side. Please, please may the sale go through - I can't bear any more stress and tension. It's for hiis welfare.
Blessed be St Michael the arc angel, St Gabriel, St Raphael, St Chamuel, St Jophiel, St Zadkiel, St Uriel ,St Ariel, St Raziel, blessed be all the saints,martyrs,apostles,disciples,all the angels and spirits in the entire Universe and beyond. Blessed be all the governing forces in the entire Universe and beyond. Blessed be my Guardian angels, blessed be all the angels of my family members and near and dear ones,blessed be the guiding and governing angels at my work place and all the God's and other forces in the entire Universe.
Prayers for melvin and Mark My heart Safety in D C
Thank you for another day! Thank you for all you have given us. Please help us help others and remain faithful. Please help us in our daily lives. Amen!
Saint Anthony, our patron saint of miracle, please intercede on behalf of myself and my loved ones, safeguarding us from evil Strengthen us through our trials and challenges—whether related to addiction, employment difficulties, self-esteem issues, or financial struggles. Protect us from offending our Lord, drawing us closer to Him and to our Heavenly Mother. Please bless all those who have asked for my prayers and those I have promised to pray for, granting them everything that is good and beneficial according to God's divine plan. Guide our youth toward our Lord and Our Heavenly Mother, helping them to recognize their love. Protect them from negative influences, especially those I know personally. Pray for the souls in purgatory. May they find eternal peace and rejoice forever in the presence of our Lord, Our Heavenly Mother, and you, Saint Anthony, along with all the saints in heaven. Especially the ones on my list.
Please hear my prayer. Please let my father Alex and grandparents Margaret and Charles be comfortable and pain free. May they be protected, safe and happy in where they are. May God continue to care for them. They are truly missed, thank you for listening Amen
Please hear my prayer, please continue to watch over my son today and every day. Please help him settle his head. Give him the support and direction he needs. Keep him strong and happy. Please help him be positive and content. Please let him settle well into his job and may all the staff be good to him. Let him excel. Give him the strength, guidance, confidence, direction, support and protection that he needs. Let him achieve his goals and be more positive, happy and content. Be happy Amen
Please hear my prayer continue to watch over my daughter Give her the strength, guidance, direction, support and protection that she needs. Thank you for helping my daughter Thank you for giving her the baby she longed for keep them healthy and well. May her husband treat her well and love her, care for her, protect, support and commit to her. Let her be happy and content. Please let her make the right choices and decisions for her. Thank you for listening to me and I continue to put all trust in you Amen
Please hear my prayer thank you for helping my daughter get the job. Let them see clearly that she is a great addition to the department. Continue to give her the confidence, strength, ability, knowledge, guidance and support that she needs. Look after her and give her the protection she needs. Please let her settle in well in the job and all be positive. Please let everything work out for her and her husband gives her all the support and love.
Please hear my prayer continue to watch over my children and nephew and niece. Give them the strength, guidance, direction, support and protection that they need. Please help them each meet someone now who will treat them well and who will love them, care for them, protect, support and commit to them. Please help them as each want to have their own partner and children. Let this happen soon as possible and let them be happy and content. Please let them be happy and content Amen
Please Lord dont make me be misunderstood
Please hear my prayer continue to watch over my daughter Give her the strength, guidance, direction, support and protection that she needs. Thank you for helping my daughter Thank you for giving her the baby she longed for keep them healthy and well. May her husband treat her well and love her, care for her, protect, support and commit to her. Let her be happy and content. Please let her make the right choices and decisions for her. Thank you for listening to me and I continue to put all trust in you Amen
Dear Lord please make this day go well please bless us ..
Please hear my prayer thank you for helping my daughter get the job. Let them see clearly that she is a great addition to the department. Continue to give her the confidence, strength, ability, knowledge, guidance and support that she needs. Look after her and give her the protection she needs. Please let her settle in well in the job and all be positive. Please let everything work out for her and her husband gives her all the support and love.
Please hear my prayer continue to watch over my children and nephew and niece. Give them the strength, guidance, direction, support and protection that they need. Please help them each meet someone now who will treat them well and who will love them, care for them, protect, support and commit to them. Please help them as each want to have their own partner and children. Let this happen soon as possible and let them be happy and content. Please let them be happy and content Amen
Please hear my prayer thank you for helping my daughter get the job. Let them see clearly that she is a great addition to the department. Continue to give her the confidence, strength, ability, knowledge, guidance and support that she needs. Look after her and give her the protection she needs. Please let her settle in well in the job and all be positive. Please let everything work out for her and her husband gives her all the support and love.
Please hear my prayer continue to watch over my children and nephew and niece. Give them the strength, guidance, direction, support and protection that they need. Please help them each meet someone now who will treat them well and who will love them, care for them, protect, support and commit to them. Please help them as each want to have their own partner and children. Let this happen soon as possible and let them be happy and content. Please let them be happy and content Amen
Please Pray for a much needed financial Breakthrough for me.
We are so grateful for all the healing that my brother Greg has been blessed to receive. Please pray for his full and complete healing, and that he be protected and guided through his healing process. Thank you so much - and God Bless You!
Please pray that my daughter Ashley feels kind towards her sister Alex tomorrow and lets her son kash spend a lot of time with her they love each other so much and rarely see each other ijnip amen
Please pray for my relatives in purgatory, my family, and those who need help especially J, A, S and E. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God have mercy on me a sinner.
Please pray for the deliverance from debts, loan, borrowing and lustful addictions.
Thanking the Holy Spirit for prayers answered/Holy Spirit you who make me see everything and showed me the way to reach my ideals, you who gave me the Divine gift to forgive all the wrong that was done to me, and you who are in all instances in my life. I want to Thank You for everything and confirm with you once more I never want to be separated from you no matter how great the material desire may be, I want to be with you and my love ones in your perpetual Glory. Amen Thank you Holy Spirit for prayers answered
Lord please protect us
For the miracle of a new home that I'm happy in and love living in. Please make it very soon St. Anthony.
Let me hear normally again. Let me be well and completely healed. Thank you.
Please protect me and my child from all evil. Protect us from those who enjoy when we argue. Protect us from all those wicked people. Please St. Anthony let me and my child be close always, do things together and speak with and see each other frequently. Let my child ignore those who try to make us argue and who don't want us to get along. Let my child love me and want me around. Pray for us St. Anthony. Please let my child want to be around me. Praying for God's blessings and protection for me and my child. Thank you.
Praying for a stunningly beautiful home where I'll be very, very happy. St. Anthony I've been praying so long to get out of this apartment I'm in that I never wanted. I was manipulated and tricked to leave my beautiful home that I was so happy in and that I believe was blessed. Please bring me a home very soon St. Anthony. If it's from God then it should come to me easily. Please intercede for me St. Anthony. I'm absolutely unhappy in this apartment I never wanted. Please help me to be happy in a home I love.
For Wendy K. Prayers for any treatments & procedures. Lord, please guide the doctor's hand so that she receives good & routine results from any tests & subsequent procedures, a swift recovery, return to good health, with many more years of continued good health. Thank You for everything Lord. Amen
The right new job. Father , You know the details,. Thank You for everything Lord. Amen
Thank You for another day! Thank you for all you have given us. Please help us help others and remain faithful. Please help us in our daily lives. Amen!
Saint Anthony, our patron saint of miracle, please intercede on behalf of myself and my loved ones, safeguarding us from evil Strengthen us through our trials and challenges—whether related to addiction, employment difficulties, self-esteem issues, or financial struggles. Protect us from offending our Lord, drawing us closer to Him and to our Heavenly Mother. Please bless all those who have asked for my prayers and those I have promised to pray for, granting them everything that is good and beneficial according to God's divine plan. Guide our youth toward our Lord and Our Heavenly Mother, helping them to recognize their love. Protect them from negative influences, especially those I know personally. Pray for the souls in purgatory. May they find eternal peace and rejoice forever in the presence of our Lord, Our Heavenly Mother, and you, Saint Anthony, along with all the saints in heaven. Especially the ones on my list.
Master, we surrender 2 daughters’ happy settlement in their lives, our family, siblings’ family. protect & deliver us. Bless 4 homes, 2 cars & 4 banks. God fill us with Holy Spirit grant good health, long life, peace & joy for Your family. Thanks. St. Anthony please pray for our family. Thank you.
Dear Lord, please have mercy on me, SS, AS, GS, MG, B, S, J, H, RG, J, U, AG, H, E, RJ, C, G, and all our loved ones, in Jesus’ loving name. We trust in You. Please bless us and protect us in Jesus’ loving name. Thank You Lord for the blessings in our lives. Dear Lord, please have mercy on the souls of our dearly departed Pappa, Amma, Toms, and all our departed loved ones, in Jesus’ loving name. Dear St. Antony, please intercede for us. Amen
For my children Amy and Gavin, that they may study well, do well in their exams, make wise choices in life, and remain safe and healthy. Dear Lord, please have mercy on us in Jesus’ name. Dear St. Antony, please intercede for us. Amen
Father hear our prayers for us, our families, relatives, friends, neighbors, contractors, others named previously, the sick members of our community, and all of their families. Amid mental and physical suffering may they find consolation in your healing presence. Show your mercy as you close wounds, cure illness, make broken bodies whole, and free downcast spirits. May these special people find lasting health and deliverance and join us in thanking you for all your gifts.
Eternal rest grant unto Jeff P, Jo Ann B, Bob K, others previously prayed for, those who prayed here but have passed and their families, ancestors and descendants, O Lord, and let the perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
In blessed repose, O Lord, grant eternal rest to the Souls of Tina-Marie, Chris, Georgette, Ann, Leo, Irene, William, others previously prayed for, all in our history, those who prayed here but have passed, and their families, ancestors, and descendants and make their memory to be eternal! Memory eternal!
Father, I ask You to bless my family, relatives, friends, and those I care deeply for, especially FT. Show them a new revelation of Your love and power. Holy Spirit, I ask You to minister to their spirit now. Where there is pain, give them Your peace and mercy. Where there is self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through Your grace. Where there is a need, I ask you to fulfill their needs. Bless their homes, families, finances, their goings and comings. Amen.
In thanksgiving for favors received, for persecuted Christians everywhere, all suffering from terrorism, war, or natural disasters, the sick and dying, the souls in purgatory, the homeless, the hungry, the abused, the lonely, those seeking work, those with relationship concerns, caregivers, guardians, first responders, and our special and unspoken intentions, we pray to the Lord.
Prayers for Cindy who is in Green Bay, Wi having a double mastectomy due to finding more cancer. Please pray that the results of the pet scan doesn’t show more cancer. Thank you so much.
Please restore my friendships. Thank you
Praying for a stunningly beautiful home where I'll be very, very happy. St. Anthony I've been praying so long to get out of this apartment I'm in that I never wanted. I was manipulated and tricked to leave my beautiful home that I was so happy in and that I believe was blessed. Please bring me a home very soon St. Anthony. If it's from God then it should come to me easily. Please intercede for me St. Anthony. I'm absolutely unhappy in this apartment I never wanted. Please help me to be happy in a home I love. Thank you.
Let me hear normally again. Let me be healed. Please let me be well again. Let me attract and make friends as I have always done. Thank you St. Anthony.
Please pray for me as I am suffering from severe anxiety after a heath scare and worries about future, business worries, currently also dealing with problems with medical insurance and unable to decide future course of action for some existing health conditions. Please pray for me to be free of anxiety and Jesus will guide me with relation to all my current worries
Please protect me and my child from all evil. Protect us from those who enjoy when we argue. Protect us from all those wicked people. Please St. Anthony let me and my child be so very close always, do many things together and speak with and see each other frequently. Let my child ignore those and not be influenced by those who try to make us argue and who don't want us to get along. Let my child love me and want me around. Pray for us St. Anthony. Praying for God's protection and blessings for me and my child. Thank you.
Asking for prayers regarding my urgent personal intentions. Thx ahead of time, May God Bless you! TS
Dear St. Anthony, thank you and those who pray for the intentions of others. Thank you for the small improvement in JB's back pain, N's improved health we are so blessed for these gifts. Please remember our family, friends and our enemies, may they be blessed this day. Thank you to all who pray in this space, those who so generously provide this space blessings to all.
Dear Lord Please Help Amen Thank You
I'm having major financial problems. On the verge of homelessness. Trying to trade in my vehicle for something cheaper to get a lower payment. Please pray my decisions be correct and guided and I be lifted out of these financial roadblocks I keep hitting. Thanks.
2 urgent urgent intentions. Bob's tests Gratitude.
Praying Charlie does well with the doctor today. Praying 🙏 for good news. I will carry his burdens. Put his suffering on me.
Dearest God and St. Anthony, Thank you for everything. Please hear my prayers and intercede. I’m pray that my daughter does well on her exams. Please bring her wisdom and knowledge. I pray for patience in my family and that my marriage continues to grow stronger with love. Hear the prayers of all those who are suffering. I pray this in your name. Amen
I pray for my son that he finds his future spouse and his true love.
Prayers for Patricia’s emotional, mental, spiritual and financial health. For a happy, successful pregnancy and safe delivery of her unborn baby. For Trevor to heal mentally and emotionally. For the gifts of joy peace and happiness in their marriage and lives. Personal intentions of Maria. Amen.
Saint Romuald; pray for us.
Thank you, Father, for what you bring us.
St Anthony St Carlos st Bernadette mother Mary Padre pio st Joseph and st jude and all the saints please pray for and answer my prayers for my son rocky my mother carmella and myself we all are happy healthy safe and patient please pray and answer my prayers for my mom carmella she remain healthy and safe while recovering from her valve surgery may her tooth removal be successful without any problems praying for my son rocky he is struggling financially help him with his personal and professional life keep him safe and healthy while traveling this week for work pray he return back to church praying he find his faith praying for my husband pete and family they rest in peace and watch over us together praying for myself I remain strong calm and healthy while dealing with everything I love and trust in you and all the saints amen
Dear Lord, please save our family business from ruin
Dear Saint Anthony please intercede and pray that the life-changing financial blessing I need to get my home is on the way and that abundance is pouring into my life with so much ease now. Pray that doors are opening for me and the right connections are lining up to help me now and that every penny I spent, lost or was caused to lose is returning to me multiplied times over now. Amen
For healing, health, and protection of my husband and self. For help with getting through a presentation and appointments. For wisdom in knowing how to make the most of opportunities that have come up and which ones I should take. For healing and a hedge of protection around Mandy,.Justin, Cindy, Kristen, Ruth Anne, Amy, Linda, Jess, Krysten, Donna, Mike, Jamie, Marlene, Paul, and Tab's family. In Jesus's holy name. Amen.
Please hear my prayer continue to watch over my children and nephew and niece. Give them the strength, guidance, direction, support and protection that they need. Please help them each meet someone now who will treat them well and who will love them, care for them, protect, support and commit to them. Please help them as each want to have their own partner and children. Let this happen soon as possible and let them be happy and content. Please let them be happy and content Amen
Mohon Mujizat kesembuhan dari Bapak VITALIS J dari sakit Dan mohon berkat bagi anak Frater Karen di SVD dan anak kedua yang mau masuk di Biara Saverian
Dear Lord, I’m praying that you will watch over, protect, guide and bless our family. Amen
Father; I ask that the electric power here is always on and operating. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Healing for my legs, I have had a lot of pain Lately. My knee is especially giving me problems. Also healing from incontinence and healing for my relationship with Mauricio. The lines of communication are now opened but now we need to spend time together and get past this misunderstanding.
For family and friends with health problems. For faith, peace, and healing. May work and school go well . For favorable treatments and cures. That my wife's knee heal. For the test subjects. For safe travels. Saint Anthony please pray for us.
Dearest St Anthony, please intercede on behalf of J, that she might heal from the wounds inflicted on her, that she might forgive, and that her family might be restored. Please ease the anxiety of M, L, J, C, J, S, J, T, D, A, and K. This situation is getting dire. Please help.
Please help
For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. —Matthew 18:20 Heavenly Father, I acknowledge your son Jesus, your mother mary, and the holy spirit. Lord you say if we don't have the words to speak the holy spirit will pray for us and you know what we need. I ask you Yahweh if you may please bless my hands, bless my heart, and show me mercy & grace. Forgive me for sins and imperfections and times I don't get it right. Please help me keep my car and make a way to pay the payments on time. I am a disabled mama doing her best and hope you will make a way to keep my car. I can't do it on my own with no support system. Please send angels to help. I want to be the best mother i can be for my children. Amen.
Lord please make this day go well
Dear Lord, I absolutely believe and have faith in you and I do love you. Unfortunately I don’t have any faith in myself nor do I believe or love myself. Please help me start changing myself in ways that are necessary so I can and will grow. Help me to be who I am supposed to be and may I stop being so hard on myself. Amen
Please pay for me.I really need to help.I'm really in trouble today
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