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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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Peace be with you. I kindly ask for your prayers during a very busy and stressful time in my life. I have many courses to complete and need to pass them in order to begin my thesis, receive approval by January 11th, and be able to graduate in June. I also pray to find suitable employment and to be able to obtain my driver’s license. I also ask for prayers for the man I love, that he may find a job by March, and that—if it is God’s will—we may move forward toward marriage with the blessing of my parents. We desire to serve the Lord together. I place everything in God’s hands and thank you sincerely for your prayers. 🙏
Jesus; bless all of our Altar Servers here and help them learn quickly. Amen.
Jesus; bless everyone that I know and help them get to Heaven. Wash them clean in Your Precious Blood and deliver them from evil. Amen.
Father; Thank You for my Catholic Faith. Thank You for my Parish. Thank You for the Catholic Church. Thank You for Pope Leo XIV. Thank You for all Priests, Deacons, and Religious. Amen.
St Anthony and St Carlos please pray and answer my prayers 🙏 for my son rocky he is doing great with his personal and professional life keep his safe patient healthy and happy praying for him to be closer to me as a mother and treat me better and go back to church praying for my mother Carmella and myself we are happy healthy safe and patient praying for my mother Carmella she continue to be blessed with good health and safety praying for my husband Pete and family they rest in eternal peace and watch over us all together I love and trust in you always amen
For my mom who is dying . For peace with my siblings
Dear ST Anthony, please intercede and pray that the favor of God is on me today and every day and that my applications are easily approved. Pray that much needed financial blessings are pouring into my life now and that every penny I spent, lost or was caused to lose is returning to me multiplied now. Pray that my week is blessed beyond my imagination and that God is showing up and showing off for me this week. Amen
Happy Feast of the Holy Family, May all the families be blessed like the Holy Family of Nazareth. Jesus thank you for the gift of life in the Catholic faith. I know that I will get married to Crystal D only soon in becoming one body in your union sealed with your precious blood live in the same house like the Holy Family of Nazareth with my family members live happily a normal delivery & be blessed with healthy good looking normal children & die peacefully after marriage with Crystal & thanks for the gift of faith in this life.
O Most beautiful Flower of Mt. Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in this my necessity. O Star of the Sea, help me and show me herein you are my mother. O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in this necessity. There are none that can withstand your power. O show me herein you are my mother. O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. Sweet Mother, I place this cause in your hands. Amen.
Please st Anthony pray that my prayers will be granted soon . Please st Anthony bring a end to this situation soon. thank you. you know my wants and troubles. please help me thank you for all your prayers for us. GM
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
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God please have mercy on me a sinner.
Please pray for my relatives in purgatory, my family, me and my job situation. And for others who need help especially A, E, J and S.
Healing & recovery for my sister. Thank You for everything Lord. Amen
A great new job for early in the new year. Amen
✝️JMJ Praying for repentance/conversion of family/self/church/world and peace in family/world and end to all wars/violence/Christian persecution For Holy Family JMJ protection/love/perseverance. Healing and remission of Pauline cancer and for others/healing of Ashley poly cystic ovarian syndrome all affected in family with eczema/skin allergies/glaucoma/ All prayers in Jesus Name. Thank you JMJ for all blessings Our Lady of Lourdes pray for us St Anne/St Anthony/St Carlo Acutis/all Saints pray for us For all our priests/religious perseverance. Jesus mercy
St. Anthony please protect me and my child from all evil. Don't let anyone or anything cause arguments and coldness between us. Let us be always close. Protect us from my ex friend who is a very jealous, very wicked person and consistently comes by my home. Protect us from all those other wicked people. St. Anthony Thank You.
St. Anthony help me please to emerge from this mess and apartment that took so much from my life with complete and total victory. Let this apartment be a distant memory for me. Please plead for me for a beautiful, blessed by God, miracle of a happy, new home where I'm surrounded by happiness and joy, a gorgeous home that dreams are made of. Please bring this new home to me quickly. .....Thank you. Thank you so much for past answered prayers.
Bless my child lord for his exams
Praying for the friendships that have been in my life for almost my whole life to be restored. St. Anthony this was never this difficult. I've always made and kept friends for life. I pray that you will touch these friendships that I miss so much that were destroyed out of pure jealousy and spite. Praying for your intercession and God's blessings over my life and these friendships of decades that so many were so jealous of. Please intercede for me. Thank you for past intercessions. Thank you for so many answered prayers.
Please help me to be well again. Take this awful pain away and let me be able to do the things I was always able to do. Please make my ears healthy and well again and restore my ability to hear clearly and hear well with both my ears. St. Anthony please help me. Thank you.
Dear Lord, I very much am struggling with some severe health issues and very concerned about my financial situation. Normally I would be beyond worrying and having really dark thoughts almost every waking moment. Except somehow I’ve been able to turn and trust, You like never before. Thank you for All you’ve done for me and the family you’ve loaned me. I very much appreciate all you do and love you more than I can express.
Lord pleading for a permanent job ....i know you will grant it only as per your timing .....help lord
Dear ST Anthony please make things fall into place
That the light of Christ expose the sources of dark money, especially in this country, we pray. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
for my friend Jackie. Amen
The right new Job. Father, You know the details. Thank You for everything. Amen
I have lost all positive emotion and physical sensation. Please pray for my healing. I ask that I can feel well again.
Thank You everything Lord. Amen
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.
My loved one died just before Christmas. Would you please pray that I will be able to have a few of his belongings to remember him by? It would mean a lot to me as I try to navigate the world without him. Thank you so much!
Dear St.please pour miracles on my daughter to transform her whole self.let a pair get joined.let bribe to be paid become less.get job immediately.get london visa immediately.i believe and trust in you Amen.
Dear St.please pour miracles on my daughter to transform her whole self.let a pair get joined.let bribe to be paid become less.get job immediately.get london visa immediately.i believe and trust in you Amen.
Dear Lord, I come before You with a heavy heart, asking for Your mercy and forgiveness. I feel overwhelmed by the weight of my debts, unable to see a way forward. In my weakness, I believed that material things could heal the pain and trauma of my past, yet they only deepened the burden of secrets I have carried in silence—things I am too ashamed to face. Lord, I confess my mistakes and surrender my struggles to You. I do not know how to overcome these debts or when relief will come, but I place my trust in Your hands. Please grant me a breakthrough, guide me toward wisdom, and lead me to the path of freedom and peace. Strengthen me to walk in faith, to let go of shame, to forgive myself and to embrace the healing only You can provide. I ask not for riches, but for the chance to rise again, to live with hope, and to honor You with a renewed spirit. All these I ask in the name of Jesus Christ in union with His passion on the cross through the Sorrowful Heart of Mama Mary and St. Anthony. Amen.
Prayer for my family ...As a protector of families, I humbly ask for your intercession before God for all my loved ones. I thank you for all the blessings you have helped secure for our family throughout the years. ... Now, I bring these new petitions to you, and I ask that you whisper them into the ears of the sweet Infant Jesus: • For my daughter who is suffering from PCOD and irregular periods, I pray for your kind intercession for her speedy recovery and for her periods to become regular. • For my second daughter, I pray that you help her to become a good person, to do well in her studies, and to excel in her exams. • For the smooth transition from my daughter's current rental to her new rental, I ask that you make all paperwork and procedures go very smoothly. • For good health for all members of my family. • For peace to all in my family.
that the clergy and laity are able to let go of that which is not theirs
Take care of us
Please pray that my family lives very long, happy, healthy, and safe lives. Please pray that my house and family remain safe from dangers including weather, my family has no big problems, my husband makes wise decisions, and my kids are happy and do well socially and in school. Please pray my oldest son keeps a 4.0 gpa, makes A’s on his exams, and his mental health and socialization improve.
Father; Deliver me from outside radios, clock radios, stereos, phones, televisions, barking dogs, vehicles, voices and noise that I can hear in my bedroom. Banish them far from me. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Lord, you know what’s in my heart and what my prayers are for. Please make things turn out fine. Let me surrender my faith and trust in you.
Dear Prayer Group, I request you to please pray for me so that I will re-gain confidence and success in all matters. Others are trying to betray me, and they want to damage my personality. Protect me from all jealous relatives, as well as from legal and court matters. So kindly pray for me to get confidence. Let them not take legal ways. • Protect me from Parkinsons, Hand Tremor, Skin Troubles, Hair falling, Gut and related organs wellness/Cancer etc. Help in maintaining the level of Dopamine in the brain. Abraham C
1.IN THE NAME OF JESUS, LET ...LET ME (BENJAMIN KWABENA KYEREMATENG) AND ANTOINETTE GET MARRY WITH GHANAIANS CUSTOMARY RITES AND A WEDDING IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA OR CENTRAL REGION IN GHANA. 2.IN THE NAME OF JESUS LET ME BE HEALED FROM DIABETES. 3.IN THE NAME OF JESUS LET ME AND ANTOINETTE GIVE BIRTH TO 8 CHILDREN WITHOUT ANTOINETTE HAVING BIRTH IMPLICATION( OPERATIONS OR SURGERY)
Prayer Requests: for a miracles in prosperity/finances and also deliverance and healing/protection, for me, my son Akshat and daughter Akiriti. Prayer request to disconnect myself and my children from inherited spiritual agreements.-breaking soul ties from my past deceased ancestors and agreements made by my ancestors to Hindu alters/idols. these unclean spirits use cord -thread like structure through my ears which i can feel it during night and almost every night. ...
Please pray for my daughter, Arelissa, that she pass her Part Three of the Optometry Board Exam on January 10th. That God give her all the graces necessary to study well and pass the exam, and to free her from all useless anxiety.
Please pray for Angela, a single mother who is totally worn out by all that is being asked of her and wanting to give everything to everyone. Pray for her to experience God’s healing help. Thank you.
Please, Saint Anthony, assist me in strengthening my faith. Kindly intercede on my behalf for the favors I seek. Help my daughter and her boyfriend; guide them...Most of all, draw them closer to our Heavenly Mother, our Lord Jesus, and our Heavenly Father. Help everyone I have committed to prayer, guiding them towards the answers ... Help our youth around the world, especially those I know personally.... Please pray for the souls in purgatory, particularly those on my list. Finally, I ask for your help with my finances—enable me to pay off my debts, repair what needs fixing, and perhaps grant me the opportunity to make a pilgrimage to Guadalupe.
I pray for the power, the gifts, the fruits and the charism of the Holy Spirit, For family businesses to be profitable, my children's careers, my siblings with all their family concerns and all my friends with all their needs some very urgent and critical. And for WORLD PEACE
Please pray that my daughter Harini gets totally and completely cured of her kidney disease, and is able to bear children in the mighty, mighty name of Jesus. Pray for health, peace, prosperity and well-being of my Son, Daughter, Son-In-Law, Daughter-In-Law, Wife, Mother and myself, in the name of Jesus. Please pray for a new job and for grand success of my businesses ... Perfect hundred percent health for Vasu and myself without absolutely any issues in the mighty mighty name of Jesus, Also pray for total recovery of sister Indira’s cancer in the mighty mighty name of Jesus. Make the CT scan issue of Vasu and mine vanish in the name of Jesus
Dear St. Anthony, please pray for our family. My husband is 54 and just lost his job the day after Christmas. Please pray he finds another job quickly. Please pray for my husband, Charles and my children, Emma Ryan and Noelle. Pray they don’t get stressed over this. I stay home with the kids so my husband is the sole provider. He had a great job that he loved. Please help us. Please pray for us. Please pray Charles finds a good job quickly that he will like. Please help us pay our bills. Please pray for our mental health. Please help us get through this. Please pray Charles finds a job quickly. I don’t know what we’re going to do. Please help us. Thank you, Amen
For the prosperity of rural communities, we pray. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
For the medical needs of the poor, we pray. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Jesus; bless all those who are trying to lose weight for medical reasons and help them accomplish their goals. In Your Name. Amen.
For the holiness and dignity of all life, we pray. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
For the holiness of our world, we pray. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Father; Help me to fulfill my obligations in the best way possible. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Please make this lesson go well Lord
The LORD bless you and keep you! The LORD let his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you! The LORD look upon you kindly and give you peace!
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever.
Oppose, LORD, those who oppose me; war upon those who make war upon me. Take up the shield and buckler; rise up in my defense.
Do not fear! Stand your ground and see the victory the LORD will win for you today.
Do not fear, Abram! I am your shield; I will make your reward very great.
Blessed be Abram by God Most High, the creator of heaven and earth; And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your foes into your hand.
That E and F continue to find a solution to their relationship difficulties, and our family and for all the people and intentions we pray for (pain relief, health, jobs, grace of a happy death, etc.) and that all friends maintain or return to an orthodox belief and faith in God and Church, and that they all receive the peace, strength, support, and recognition they need at this time, let us pray to the Lord.
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.
I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the families of the earth will find blessing in you.
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.
So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.
Thank you for answering my prayer for Melissa to be promoted to manager. Pleasecguid her and bless her everyday in her duties. Amen.
O God of justice (Ps 103), hear the cry for Jane from Goa, India. By the Holy Spirit, send St Joseph, St Vincent de Paul, St Augustine, Our Lady of Sorrows, St Dymphna to protect her. Please heal Jane completely, soul, body and mind. Expose wrongdoings of Diana a member of st Vincent de Paul society of the poor, restrain Diana from the pain she inflicts on Jane and my family, Expose her hypocrisy, restore care, mercy, accountability, and grant Jane saving help from people, Grant Justice. Amen.
Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist; pray for those who share your name.
Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist; pray for us and with us today.
Dad, Mom, all Grandparents, Family Members, Relatives and Friends; pray for me with all your strength.
Dear Mary, Mother of God; pray for me and crush the serpent that would lead me into addiction. Wrap me in your mantle and keep me from evil. Amen.
O Mary conceived without sin, of thee I ask a perfect love for Jesus Christ.
Dear Jesus, help me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere! Flood my soul with Thy Spirit and Light! Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may be only a radiance of Thine! Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with, may feel Thy Presence in my soul! Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus! Amen.
Dear Jesus, help me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere! Flood my soul with Thy Spirit and Light! Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may be only a radiance of Thine! Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with, may feel Thy Presence in my soul! Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus!
Dear Lord Please Help Amen Thank You
Father; Thank You for my Catholic Faith. Thank You for my Parish. Thank You for the Catholic Church. Thank You for Pope Leo XIV. Thank You for all Priests, Deacons, and Religious. Amen.
Jesus; Make me a great Saint for Your glory. Amen.
thank you for prayers. test was benign
St Anthony and St Carlos and all the saints please pray and answer my prayers especially for my son rocky he is doing great with his personal and professional life and prayers for him to be healthy safe patient and happy praying his job help him be financially successful 🙏 he get close to me and treat me with respect praying for my mother Carmella and myself we are happy healthy safe and patient continue to keep my mother blessed with good health and safety praying for my husband Pete and family they rest in eternal peace and watch over us all together I love and trust in you always amen
Saint Anthony, Saint Joseph, Saint Isidore of Seville, and all saints, known and unknown, I ask for your intercession and prayers on behalf of Bryte / Bryan to have a good job in his field once again, one suitable for him. Please let him wait no longer and that he soon be contacted with good news - a job offer. Thank everyone for all prayers on our family's behalf.
Dear Saint Anthony, I ask for your intercession and prayers on behalf of Janet to soon regain her health once again. She lives out-of-state alone and has fallen hard four times recently and was discovered to have a heart issue. Please let her receive good treatment soon at the VA medical facilities and let her have quick recoveries. Let her return home safely from her upcoming surgical procedure. Let her not be taken advantaged of by others, but protect her. Let her receive positive attention and reception at her church and VA centers. Thank you and everyone for all prayers on her behalf.
O holy St. Anthony, gentlest of saints, your love for God and charity made you worthy, when on earth, to possess miraculous powers. Miracles followed your word, which you were ever ready to speak for those in trouble or need. Encouraged by this thought, I implore you to grant also my request: May the newly elected chair of the TCHC , Bill P be caught and called out for his outrageous lies, cheating and continued deceptiveness - particularly for lying to the media and new commissioners about having served on the TCHC for 10 years when it was only barely over 5 years. Let him be remorseful for his continuous stolen honor and for claiming false credit for the work done of others. Let the judge who only recently appointed have his own problems and go away. Let all members of the TCHC now be unified and work together in harmony in 2026 but let Bill's lies soon be corrected in print. The answer to my prayer may require a miracle; even so, you are the Saint of Miracles!
Master, we surrender 2 daughters’ happy settlement in their lives, Your 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 St Anthony please intercede and pray that doors are opening wide for me today and pray that much-needed life-changing financial blessings are pouring into my life today. Pray that every demonic assault and every snare from the enemies is returning to the senders now and pray that every penny I spent, lost or was caused to lose by the enemies is returning to me multiplied now. Amen
Praying for the friendships that have been in my life for almost my whole life to be restored to me. St. Anthony this was never this difficult. I've made friends and kept them my whole life. I pray that you will touch these friendships that I miss so much that were destroyed out of jealousy and spite. Praying for your intercession and God's blessings over my life. Praying for God's unlimited grace. Please intercede for me. Thank you for past intercessions. Thank you for many answered prayers.
St. Anthony and St. Jude, like you have before, please bring me a sweet man who loves me, who is good to me and who I am happy with, a man I love as well. Please let him love God and his Church. Thank you.
St. Anthony please protect me and my child from all evil. Don't let anyone or anything cause arguments and coldness between us. Let us be always close. Protect us from my ex friend who is a very jealous, very wicked person and consistently comes by my home. Protect us from all those other wicked people. St. Anthony thank you.
Heal my ears please. Thank you.
St. Anthony help me please to emerge from this mess and apartment that took so much from my life with complete victory. Plead for me please for a beautiful, blessed by God, miracle of a happy, new home where I'm surrounded by happiness and joy, a home dreams are made of. Please bring this new home to me. I need your help. I need God always. Please restore to my life all those things that were taken from my life one by one. I watched them take so much from my life. Let me emerge from this victorious. Pray for me St. Anthony. Plead for me for a beautiful, blessed and happy rest of my life that I could not have even dreamed of. St. Anthony thank you. Thank you so much for past answered prayers.
Dear Lord please bless with permanent job
Lord please make this lesson go well
For Bob who was rushed to the hospital. For faith, peace, and healing. May work and school go well. For my families and friends health and favorable treatments and cures. For the test subjects. For safe travels. Saint Anthony please pray for us.
Please st Anthony pray that my prayers will be granted soon. that next year will be better. Please st Anthony pray for me and my family thank you for all your prayers for us. GM
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
Another job. The right job. Thank You for everything Lord!. 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
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