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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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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 continue to watch over my daughter. and her new born baby. Please God I am asking for you to look after her, give her the strength and wellbeing that she needs. keep her and the baby healthy and well. Let there be no complications. Please God keep them both safe. Continue to give her the strength, guidance, support and protection that she needs. Thank you for listening to me Amen
Please hear my prayer, please continue to watch over my son today and every day. Help him through this complaint, no problems or issues regarding anything. Give him the patience, strength and confidence to be able to explain himself properly. Let everything be alright no negativity. Let him be safe and secure and everything run smoothly. Give him the strength, guidance, confidence, direction, support and protection that he needs. Thank you for all your continued support through his work and revision. Help him be more confident and comfortable in himself. Let him be content and happy. Keep him safe and protect him from all evil
Please hear my prayer, please continue to watch over my Mum today and every day. Give my Mum the strength, guidance, confidence, direction, support and protection that she needs. Please continue to help her through the loss of my father. Thank you for all your continued support. Keep her strong and positive thank you for listening Amen
Please hear my prayer watch over my son today and every day, protect, care, support and guide him through. Let today and everyday go well let everything be alright and no problems or issues regarding anything. Give him the patience, strength, confidence to be able to explain himself properly. Let everything be alright no negativity. Let him be safe and secure and everything run smoothly. Please let him be happy and content and get what he wants in his work and personal life. 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
Please hear my prayer, please continue to watch over my son today and every day. Please let him settle well into his consultant post and may all the staff be good to him. Give him the strength, guidance, confidence, direction, support and protection that he needs. Let him achieve his goals and targets. Thank you for all your continued support through his work and revision. Help him to make some new friends and be more confident and comfortable in himself. Let him be content and happy. Keep him
Please hear my prayer, please continue to watch over my son today and every day. Please help through all the work he has to do to the house. Let him get excellent trades people and could deals on prices and stuff. Please God let it all work out positively. Let him excel. Give him the strength, guidance, confidence, direction, support and protection that he needs. Let him achieve his goals and targets. Thank you for all your continued support. Help be more confident happy give him peace of mind.
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
For my chest infection to clear up immediately. Please rid me of all this physical sickness and let me be healthy again.
Lord rescue us
Father; Deliver me from outside radios, clock radios, stereos, phones, televisions, vehicles, voices and noise. Banish them as far away as possible. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.
I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven,
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we glorify you, we give thanks for your great glory, Lord God, Heavenly King, O God, Almighty Father. Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit in the glory of God the Father. 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.
Prayers for my dad Michael hes in the hospital with kidney failure and heart failure prayers he can come home.
Respected prayer warrior, Greetings to you. Kindly pray for my son who is arrested because he was drunk and driving and that he may be free tomorrow morning. And that he is not tortured nor troubled there by the police. Regards. Reena
Parent's health to dramatically improve as well as Salvation and forgiveness of all sins through Jesus Christ. Also, the Lord Jesus Christ to be with me, with us, and for Him to be with me in both directions in my long travels. We need a lot of prayers. Divine intervention. Other prayers.
Please pray that my friend Mike is picked to rent the house he saw today for him and his children. Please let him find out right away. Thank you for your prayers.
Take care of us
Healing from fatigue and depression also be able to focus more and concentrate better remove stress and evil spirit draining me mentally and physically and block the evil spirits in strong protection in Jesus Christ name amen
Pray that the mountain before me will be lifted up and cast into the sea.
For the souls in Purgatory.
Please pray for 22-year-old Jack, who was in a critical motorcycle accident, Thank you!
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.
Dearest Saint Anthony, Saint of Miracles, please bless my Dad and help his dizziness to go away. Please help him to feel better as soon as possible. Please help everything to be ok with him. I love my family so much and all I want is for everything to be ok with all of us. Please Saint Anthony listen to my prayers. Thank you. Amen.
Please pray for Paul Ivin to pass his diplomate oral exam in general surgery. Thank you for your faithful prayers.
Dear Saint Anthony and all the Friars, Please continue to pray for my family Chryssanthi, David, Indira and Freya Elizabeth, Araliya and Connor. Please keep them always safe, happy and healthy. Also my health and intentions . Please pray for my daughter Elizabeth to get the Three Bedroom C/H ,that she urgently needs. , which is nearer to me and her sister Chryssanthi and her family. So that we can be closer together. Thank you dear Saint Anthony 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻
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.
Please prayer for Sandra who fell and broke her femur, had surgery, for Carolyne’s faith and healing in mind, body, soul, for deacons Tom, Norb, Charlie, Fr. Tom, Bob who needs cancer surgery, Mike, Chris, John/friends who have addictions to alcohol+John, cigarettes, for family and friends, who I pray for daily, and myself for God’s graces and healing. Thank you very much.
Please pray for Daria: for mental clarity, inner calm, focused study, protection against evil people. Please pray that Daria receives the scholarship in order to finance her studies at university and recovers completely from posttraumatic syndrome. God bless you all abundantly!
Father; Help me with Ogallala Public Transit. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
For faith, peace, and healing. For safe travels. My our Lord protect us from dreadful illness and injury. For my wife's knee which is very painful. For Bob who has leukemia. May our Lord guide us all our days. May my son and daughter return home safely. St. Anthony please pray for us.
Jesus; bless all the lay ministers in our Parish and Mission and help them do their jobs well. In Your Name. Amen.
Bless those of us who pray here, that held in your embrace, we may comfort and nurture others who are cold, hungry, sick, imprisoned, oppressed, addicted, troubled, or discouraged welcoming them into the joy of your community.
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 family and 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.
Eternal rest grant unto Tina-Marie, Chris, Georgette, Ann, Leo, Irene, William, 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
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.
Please pray for Keith J with a bad accident and is in critical condition. He's undergoing surgery now. Please pray for a miracle. Jesus i trust in you. Amen
Dear Lord Please Help Amen 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
Dear Lord Please Help Amen Thank You
Lord, I'm so tired today. But I'm grateful because you kept me busy in doing good things. Thank you for the tutoring opportunity. Thank you for touching the lives of my tutee's family. They are so kind and generous. Lord, please give me strength so I can continue working for you and with you. Guide me, Lord, and grant peace in my heart. May your face shine upon us. Thy will be done. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Saint Sharbel Makhluf; pray for us.
✝️JMJ Praying for complete healing and good health for Dennis Michael after surgery and for others For eye surgery today for Pauline Good drs and good vision post surgery and no complications. For special intentions for myself all family/friends For holy souls in purgatory For help for all affected by wildfires/earthquake/floods Thank you JMJ for all blessings Our Lady of Lourdes/Guadalupe pray for us St Anne/St Anthony/St Padre Pio/All Saints pray for us Jesus mercy Safe travels for all especially Andrea
Please pray that my family lives long, happy, healthy lives. Please pray that my son does well driving, no tickets or wrecks and that he improves socially and becomes happy. Please pray my youngest does better in school. Please pray that I quickly learn how to do this job. I am lost with it; please let the lady who had the position help me. Please let pray I learn fast and am successful. It is giving me very bad anxiety.
Please pray for Conrad, Leon and their family. For continued reversal of Con’s Heart and Kidney failure and for remission of Lee’s metastatic lung cancer and for strengthening and easing the anxiety and suffering of the both of them and their families as well. Please ask the Lord to be with them all during this difficult time and to increase their faith and bring them peace, because they cannot do this without him, so his plans maybe fulfilled and his will maybe done. Through Christ our Lord. Amen!
Dearest Saint Anthony, In today's and Tuesday's medical examinations, please, please give me your strong help so that no problems will be made, also your help with a miracle, if a miracle is needed. I am so afraid. And as always, please help and protect my loved ones. Yours ever, Sanna
Please pray for my Cat Ebony, she has cancer and needs a Miracle. Thank You and God Bless.
Hi,I m praveena from india.please pray for complete healing in my eyesight sight and please pray for work from home or remote job in abroad student loans and abroad student studies ... please pray for the miracle I will give the testimony
Please pray for Irene 42 yrs who is diagnosed with ovarian cancer.. please pray that Jesus gives her the courage and strength to overcome this and pray that her tests are normal and her surgery is successful without any complications.
Please pray for me as I seek a new job after losing mine due to a layoff and urgently need a new job to support my family. Please pray for God's provision and a breakthrough in my financial situation.
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 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
Dear Lord please help us navigate this storm
Family divisions-evilness, disrespect and hateful, divisive spirits. Asking for God to step in. Remove all evildoers and hateful spirits.
Please pray my apartment gets fixed and cleaned. I'm so scared. I need a miracle quickly.
Lord and Saint Anthony seeking urgent communication
Please pray for my relatives in purgatory, my family, me and my job situation. And for all others who need help especially J, A, E, K and S. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God have mercy on me a sinner.
Please Saint Anthony let our mail start to come again regularly as we have many important things we need like, bills, checks, statements and other documents that are important from Social Security etc. Please don’t let anything be lost and please let our mail start to be delivered again regularly. I thank you and love you, amen.
deliverance from this toxic working environment & people. Amen thank You Lord!
Please pray for my brother Dominic who has lost vision in one of his eyes and he has been told that eventually his eye sight will come back and he also has other health issues. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
For the financial needs of the 2026 West Nebraska Catholic & Diocesan Appeal, we pray. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
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
For my family, friends & special intentions. Prayers for continued healing, recovery & good health for my brother, sisters & myself.Deliverance from this toxic work environment & its people to one that is a good fit for the talents I have been blessed with. Prayers for the right new job. To obtain the resources I need to bring everything together & keep it together. To obtain the resources I need to buy my family home outright & offer my siblings their share. To live a good long, happy, healthy, prosperous & safe Catholic life there. To live well, but within my/our means & by the Lord's will to perhaps share a true love with a good woman at this later time in my life. Thank You for 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.
For my family, friends & special intentions. Prayers for continued healing, recovery & good health for my brother, sisters & myself.Prayers for the right new job. To obtain the resources I need to bring everything together & keep it together. To obtain the resources I need to buy my family home outright & offer my siblings their share. To live a good long, happy, healthy, prosperous & safe Catholic life there. To live well, but within my/our means & by the Lord's will to perhaps share a true love with a good woman at this later time in my life. Thank You for everything Lord. Amen.
I pray through you dear St Anthony to Jesus for my husband,Patrick. Please give him the strength to accept treatment for his traumatic brain injury, and to be healed. We ask for blessings upon our marriage,as it is suffering immensely due to this ravaging illness,and ask that we will find eachother again,stronger in love and dedicated to our sacred vows. Please help us St. Anthony to find all of the remedies we so desperately need to move foward together healthy,happy, and in serving the Lord.
for the right new job Amen
Take care of us
Prayer my ✝️ will be worthy of the Sacred Heart of Jesus thru the intercession of Mary and Joseph with all the Holy Saints & Souls ❤️🔥🙏🏾✝️. Thy Will Be Done
Father; Bless all those who remembered my birthday beyond their wildest imagination. I am grateful for their kindness. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Dear Lord please please rescue us
For faith, peace, and healing. For safe travels. My our Lord protect us from dreadful illness and injury. For my wife's knee which is very painful. For Bob who has leukemia. May our Lord guide us all our days. May my son and daughter return home safely. St. Anthony please pray for us.
For healing from an abdominal strain injury.
please pray for thomas and noreen on holiday till monday a young couple to be safe and happy our lady and jesus saint joseph all the saints protect them
Please pray for me i really need a good job so that I can look after my family it's been many years I had been searching for a job it now i can't get a proper job I'm really frustrated with my life it's killing me deep inside I'm broke so please pray for me i do believe only jesus can save me and bless me with a good job.
Please pray for Denise suffering the pain of bone cancer surgery and treatment. May our Lord bring her continued strength and peace through His healing grace and mercy
Please pray for me as I prepare for my NEET PG exam on August 30. Lately, I've been feeling anxious, discouraged, and overwhelmed. I'm struggling with slow progress and forgetting what I study, and there have been days when I've felt like giving up. Please pray that God grants me wisdom, clarity, a strong memory, peace, and perseverance. My prayer is to secure a clinical PG seat in a Government Medical College in Kerala, so I can pursue my calling and help ease the financial burden on my family.
Thank You for another day! Thank You for all you have given us. Please help us help others and remain faithful. Please help us through our economic troubles. Amen!
For faith, peace, and healing. For safe travels. May school and work go well. St. Anthony please pray for us.
Please help me with the struggles I face everyday. Keep my family and myself safe in all we do. Guide me to those who can help
In thansgiving first of all to Jesus for meeting my friend PJ and then for HIm to bless and protect him and bless our friendship. Thank you Jesus and Mary! ST ANTHONY PRAY FOR US!
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.
Bless those of us who pray here, that held in your embrace, we may comfort and nurture others who are cold, hungry, sick, imprisoned, oppressed, addicted, troubled, or discouraged welcoming them into the joy of your community.
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.
Dear Lord Please Help Amen Thank You
Lord please solve this mess
Hi, my name is Monika and I’m a mother of two little kids. Please pray that my KIDNEY STONES are healed and I find peace in my life. I also have a lot of responsibilities which is pressing me down. I hope God heals me and anchors me in his love.
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
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