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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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Dear St. Antony, Please pray for me to pass the interview. Give me a good news to praise you. Please give me a chance to praise your blessing to the entire world. Thanking you for all the blessings. Please bless us. In the name of Father, Son & Holy Spirit. Amen.
Father; Help me arrange transportation for my Physical Therapy sessions without delay. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Dear st Antony bless my family and my children Antoathin and daughter Aashikha. Bless my profession
Please St Anthony make the dilation eyedrops I got today in both eyes wear off soon and please restore my normal vision as I am unable to perform simple things that I need too. Thank you, amen
Thank you for another day! Thank you for all you have done for us. Please help us help others and remain faithful. Please help us in our daily lives. Amen!
I pray something goof happens to Randall. I adk this in yhe name of Jesus Christ Our Lord and Saviour Amen
Dear St. Anthony, please pray for me to receive my much needed medicine soon so I can feel better. Continue to pray for family relationships to be ok. 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
Heavenly Father, with gratitude and trust, I place Amy and Gavin in Your loving care. Grant them clarity as they study, confidence in their exams, and wisdom in all their choices. Protect them, keep them healthy, and cover them with Your grace. Lord, have mercy on us and guide our family in Jesus’ name. Dear St. Antony, please intercede for us and watch over Amy and Gavin with your gentle care. Please help Amy gain admission to medical school and become a good doctor, pleasing to God and others. Please help her to lose weight and remain healthy. Help Gavin become a good engineer, pleasing to God and others. Guide both children to the life partners God has prepared for them, to holy marriages, and to blessed families. Amen.
St Anthony please bless me and be with me Bless my going to work and coming back bless my parents and be with me bless me and my family I surrender this going to work country and coming back to my home country into your hands Bless my work and keep me safe In Jesus name I pray amen
Please pray for the healing of my family. Thank you and God bless.
For the success of my physical therapy. Let my pain be managed to my satisfaction. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
For the good health and well-being of all employees of Banner Health Ogallala Community Hospital, Medical Group, Specialty Clinic & Infusion Center, we pray. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Jesus; bless all employees of Banner Health Ogallala Community Hospital, Medical Group, Specialty Clinic & Infusion Center, and see to their needs. Help and guide them to Heaven. Wash them clean in Your Precious Blood and deliver them from evil. Amen.
St Anthony, Thank you for all the blessings given to me. Please pray for my special request for daughter visa. We applied for her visa still not approved. Please pray this and also please pray for my today's work review
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 anxiety of M, L, J, C, J, S, J, T, D, A, and K. This situation is getting dire. Please help!
Father; Help me fulfill my obligations in the best way possible. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
✝️JMJ Praying for repentance/conversion of family/self/world and peace in family/world and end to all wars For complete healing/good health for all family/friends especially for Dennis/Esther/Pauline/Ivan Special intentions for myself/family/friends Holy Souls pray for us Thank you JMJ for all blessings Our Lady of Fatima/Guadalupe pray for us St Anne/St Joseph/St Anthony/St Padre Pio/All Saints pray for us Jesus mercy on us.
Please St. Anthony help me. Let it be beautiful and very happy. Let this move forward expeditiously. Please help me and let it be an excellent and unimagined deal and a wonderful, happy choice for me. Please St. Anthony help me. Dear God please help me. Thank you.
Jesus; Bless everyone that I know and see to their needs. Help and guide them to Heaven. Wash them clean in Your Precious Blood and deliver them from evil. Amen.
Healing. Complete healing.
Praying St. Anthony that me and my child will always be close, always do things together, and that my child will want to be close to me. Praying that my child will be kinder to me. Praying my child will love me. Let us live near each other, very close. Thank you St. Anthony.
Happy Feast of Our Lady of Fatima, may there be peace, unity in the world through her intercession.
You know all. Please St. Anthony somehow let me have that new home I've been praying and praying for. Please ask God to bless that new home. Thank you.
Healing. Praying for healing and happiness. Thank you.
Please help with my medical issues going on especially my bp. Let my son find true happiness with someone for the rest of his life. Let my daughter continue with her happiness and let her husband find a job soon. Let our trip to our daughters be safe.
St Anthony St Carlos st Bernadette mother Mary Padre pio st Joseph and st jude and st Lucy and all the saints please hear and answer my prayers especially for my mom carmella and my son rocky and myself we all are happy healthy safe and patient please pray for my mom carmella she continue to be in good health with her AFib and eye issues praying for her to be safe and healthy praying for my son rocky he is struggling financially help him with his personal and professional life keep him safe and healthy while traveling for his job praying he is return back to church and find his faith praying for him to do great with his job and stay secure 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 I love and trust in you and all the saints amen
Saint Anthony, i’m in desperate need for my health to get better. It’s declining. I need a miracle.. please help me with my marriage and also my finances. I’m so terrified. 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.
Dear St Anthony, Thank you. Pray for us all . Make our Travel safe and easy. Fulfill our wishes . A better govt soon. Prices must fall down soon. A flat needed urgently. Give us health financial aid happiness and luck. Right decision.. Save us from all danger,bad sweet talkers, accident, bomb blast, fire,, earth quake. Thanks 🙏 Amen
Dear St Anthony', make a miracle on our financial aid soon.. thanks 🙏 Amen.
That E and F continue to find a solution to their relationship difficulties, and for 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.
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.
Lord, I pray for my friend Theresa's happiness and peace. May this year bring her closer to her dreams and fill her heart with contentment. Let her experience true joy in all things, even in the challenges she might face. I ask that You bless her with deep, lasting peace and the knowledge that You are always with her. Wishing you a birthday filled with love and blessings.
Please agree in prayer for special intentions for my family and for the family of the man who died on the roller coaster ride at six flags & for the repose of his soul. I offer all suffering on behalf of the poor souls in purgatory m. Lord hear our prayer. Amen. Thank you for your prayers 🙏
Thank you 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 maternal desire may be I want to be with you and my love ones in your perpetual Glory. Amen Thank you Holy Spirit
I lost my wedding ring 3 years ago..I still haven’t found it ..I can’t remember how I lost it..St Anthony please pray for me to find my wedding ring.
Bless my child for his exam..
St. Antony, be with me always. Pray for my ministry. Help me to love Jesus and do His Will in every moment in my life. Protect always me from the enemies of Heaven.
Do not take the word of truth from my mouth, for in your judgments is my hope. I will keep your law always, for all time and forever. I will walk freely in an open space because I cherish your precepts.
Please pray for my relatives in purgatory, my family, me and my job situation. And for others who need help especially A, S, K, E and J. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God have mercy on me a sinner.
Please pray for our son Tyler. He will be taking his boards for cardiology this week. He has studied and worked hard these past 10 years to fulfill a life long dream. His skill and compassion has been guided by his faith in God. We trust that God will be with him throughout this time. We appreciate the prayers and keeping him close at heart.
Please pray for a 3 year old girl, Lauren, who is receiving an MRI on Tuesday. Oct. 13 to see if the long tumor on her spine has grown. Pray also for her parents and all caregivers involved for wisdom, courage, strength and peace. Thank you.
Please pray for Andrea, a 33 year old Catholic woman who is struggling with moving forward with her life. She needs to discover a clear and certain career path and needs the wisdom and courage to pursue it. She struggles with social anxiety and would like to make new friends and date leading to happy marriage. This a painful time in her life. Please pray. Thank you.
I am trying to join and serve in the United States Air Force. I'm trying to use this opportunity to serve my country, instill discipline, teamwork and accountability in myself as well as building ethical and good moral behavior. Secondly I would like a prayer that I remain consistent in my faith, and that I may strengthen my relationships with my family and friends, and my brothers and sisters that also choose to serve.
For Nelson, whose biopsy confirmed a recurrence in a chest lymph node, with no cancer found in any organ. Lord, with faith and gratitude, we ask that the disease remain limited, with no spread, and that the treatment chosen bring complete healing. Through the intercession of Our Blessed Mother and St. Anthony, place Your healing hand upon every cell in his body and renew them; grant him strength, faith, and peace. We trust in Your promise: “If two of you agree on earth about anything they ask…” Matthew 18:19. Amen.
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Thank you, Father, for what you bring us.
Dear Father, Please help my child walk properly and me to receive a job to take care of her. I ask this in Jesus name Amen
Prayer request I have some scruples, anxiety & stress about my unusual long list of my sins. It happened & I began to feel those things since past August & September. And recently There was inner voice told me I’m going to lose my soul & salvation, be in the state of grave sin for the rest of my life, ect. I haven’t been to confession many months ago.
Dear Lord rescue us
Blessed be God,blessed be Infant Jesus,blessed be Our Lady in all her different forms,blessed be all the spirits,saints,apostles,martyrs,all the guardian angels of my life and family members,all the guiding and governing angels and spirits at my work place,all the governing forces in the Universe,all the God's in the entire Universe and beyond. Thunderously praise and glorify Infant Jesus in the entire Universe and beyond
Plz help me my job has lot of troubles they troubles me everyday
Please pray for three week old Lucy admitted to hospital with MRSA, acutely serious in infants.
Dear st Antony bless my family and my children Antoathin and daughter Aashikha. Bless my profession
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.
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!
Father; Help me with Ogallala Public Transit. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Father; Deliver me from being abused by persons in positions of authority. Rise up in my defense. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
St Anthony, you are the saint of miracles....... Please grant a miracle and grant I very successful surgery and inspire and help him to abstain from alcohol. Send N a great job hes out of work now for months. Help S with his memory and help me to cope. Take away all worry and anxiety from me and heal my mental health. Thanking you always. Mother
Lord, thank you for the many blessings in my life. Please grant me patience to wait for your answers and wisdom to recognize and accept them. I am currently praying for retirement.
Please pray for my family, that we will all be blessed with abundant health, happiness, and financial security. For Paige and Autumn: May they be completely cancer-free and fully restored to health. For Eric: May his medical procedure go perfectly, his heartbeat return to a normal rhythm, and may we share many more healthy years together. For Austin and Alyssa: May they be healthy, happy, and continue to thrive. For My Relationship: May things become easier for us, our bond grow stronger, and the housing situation resolve smoothly. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Please pray that I may serve in the United States Air Force, I believe that I have a calling to serve in the military, so that I may build good ethical and moral skills, becoming more diciplined, selfless and to focus on teamwork. Please pray that I may accomplish this and pursue a lifetime of service for my country.
Prayer petition to rise above current career challenges, grow from these pains and move on to greater heights. In Jesus’ Name I pray, Amen.
For the success of St. Luke's Catholic Church Fall Turkey Dinner in Ogallala Nebraska, we pray. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Dear holy mother of our savior Jesus please pray for me to get a visa back and job in israel as my passport has been sent to israel embassy, please grant me my visa as I needed the most,help me and set me free from evils and deliverence from all dangers.im in need of job as I'm suffering a lot, grant me holy spirit and peace, increase my faith upon Christ and lead me to Jesus and pray for Chris to be fearless and strong,lead him to Christ and follow Jesus Christ Amen Thank you Payal
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 anxiety of M, L, J, C, J, S, J, T, D, A, and K. This situation is getting dire. Please help!
Father; Help me fulfill my obligations in the best way possible. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
St Anthony heal me completely from the cist on the tooth, which the doctor has successfully taken out. Through your powerful divine intervention let the pathology report be a negative report (no complications). I pray to you and beg you to completely heal my cist infection.
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 for 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.
In blessed repose, O Lord, grant eternal rest to the Souls of Jeff P, Jo Ann B, Roy I, all in our history, those who prayed here but have passed, their families, ancestors, and descendants and make their memory to be eternal! Memory eternal!
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.
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
Heavenly Father, with gratitude and trust, I place Amy and Gavin in Your loving care. Grant them clarity as they study, confidence in their exams, and wisdom in all their choices. Protect them, keep them healthy, and cover them with Your grace. Lord, have mercy on us and guide our family in Jesus’ name. Dear St. Antony, please intercede for us and watch over Amy and Gavin with your gentle care. Please help Amy gain admission to medical school and become a good doctor, pleasing to God and others. Please help her to lose weight and remain healthy. Help Gavin become a good engineer, pleasing to God and others. Guide both children to the life partners God has prepared for them, to holy marriages, and to blessed families. Amen.
St Anthony St Carlos st Bernadette mother Mary Padre pio st Joseph and st jude and st Lucy and all the saints please pray and continue to answer my prayers for my mom carmella my son rocky and myself we all are happy healthy safe and patient please pray for my mom carmella she remain healthy and safe while dealing with AFib and eye issues praying her tests show nothing serious please pray for my son rocky he is struggling financially help him with his personal and professional life keep him safe and healthy while he is traveling for his work pray he return back to church and find his faith praying for my son to do his job very well please pray 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
Dear people of prayer, I kindly ask you to pray for me to find a new job with a higher salary, so that I can take care of my family’s health needs, provide food for my children, and meet other urgent needs. Please pray that God will bless me with a well-paying job very soon. I sincerely ask for your prayers and support. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
PLEASE PRAY FOR AISWERYA TO GET APPOINTMENT WITHOUT ANY HINDRANCE AND DELAY
St Anthony Mother Mary Lord Jesus please make my childs exam go well..
Lord please give S the mind to contact
Dear St Anthony, Lord Jesus, Heavinly Father, Mother Mary, thank you for my blessings. I am asking for help and guidance to get back to a healthy weight. I am trying everything with no success. Help me to make good choices, have willpower but most importantly what is the right diet that agrees with my body. I am desperate and depressed. Please please hear my prayer an me help me. Amen
Please keep my brother Ajay in your prayers. He was working as a surveyor, but today he has found himself without a job and is waiting for a call back. Kindly pray that the Lord may open new doors of opportunity for him, bless him with a suitable job, and grant him peace, strength, and hope during this difficult time. May Divine Providence guide him and provide for all his needs. Amen. 🙏
Dear Saint Anthony, Please soften John T. Heart that he may forgive me. If it is in your well, dear Lord, and we are meant to be together, please show us away to reunite amen
Dear Lord Please Help Amen Thank You
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 on M, L, J, C, J, S, J, T, D, A, and K. This situation is getting dire. Please help.
I ask that God please provide me with a new, great job. One that gives honor to him, and one that I can flourish at and be compatible with people who work there. I am 61 and have some health issues and just got laid off my good paying job. I pray for all in my situation. God bless you all too.
Please pray for our son Tyler this week. He will be taking his final boards for cardiology. He has worked and studied hard for 10 years to fulfill his lifelong dream. His compassion and skills have been made possible by his true faith in God. He has and will continue to help many patients through their cardiac journey. We appreciate the prayers and know that God will be with him through this 2 days testing. Thanks for the prayers.
If you could please say a prayer for me and my family. I will be going for a thyroid ultrasound of a nodule they saw. We pray that the results will be favorable and nothing serious. Jesus, we trust in you.
Pray for Ryan to meet a Catholic girl who he will build a happy and healthy relationship with and marry.
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. Jude, please pray for our family. Thank you.
Prayer against witchcraft and enemues
thank You for everything Lord Amen
for the prayers & intentions of everyone posting here Amen
Please pray for my health. I’ve been struggling and need some spiritual support.
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