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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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Lord please make this day end well ...please make things fall into place ..
Please be my companion St Anthony. I fell in love with a man named William, that I cannot have. Please fill me with peace and joy. I feel so sad. I pray I stop accidentally running into him. I prayed to get over him and the next day, he came into my work. My heart is aching over him.
Please pray for me to hear quickly, loudly and clearly from Father God regarding which church to attend on a Sunday morning. I am a "wholesome party girl". I would like to source a church community with good teaching; single people that live the Bible but that are joyous, upbeat and fun. My greatest desire is to fulfil my God-given destiny, belong and be grounded and contribute my gifts of hospitality and reading. Please also pray for me for total deliverance from addiction to alcohol. I achieved 40 days of sobriety then had a lapse and drank 1.5 bottles of wine. With thanks, Ruth
My heart aches this Valentines Day. Please pray that my ex-wife April repents and I become the man and husband she wants and needs and we are someday restored in marriage. Thanks.
The right new job. Amen
My sister. Amen
Please make the lesson go well Lord
Dear Lord please bless my child and me ...please make things fall into place
Please pray that my son find his wallet.
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.
Prayer request for my father health, who is bedridden post brain surgery since 1 year. Dear St. Anthony, kindly resolve his neuro issues and restore his speech power . Regulate his BP and other vitals to normal. Grace him strength to eat, talk and walk on its own as earlier. Kindly restore his immunity, health and body reflexes smoothly. Cure and regulate all his infections, and bed sores. Bless all medical team with wisdom and skills who are working on his recovery. Forgive his sins and bless his family who are seeking your intercession, love, protection and divine miracle. Sanctify our house & safeguard my family against any curse, black magic or witchcraft binding. In Jesus Powerful Name.
Dear St Anthony, Please protect and keep mother and daughter safe on a long drive to the airport. They are greatly in need of a small trip. Prayers to bless them and reunite with a loving relationship with understanding of emotional distress caused by divorce. Let his true intentions be revealed to daughter as she learns the pain and heartache he has caused. May God bless them and guide them.
Dear St. Antony, please intercede for me,SS,AS,GS,MG,B,SJ,H,RG,J,U,AG,H,E,RJ,C,G and all our loved ones are safe and healthy in Jesus name. Please intercede for SS,me,AS,GS,MG,AG,RG,U,RJ,C,G and all our loved ones. Thank you Lord for the blessings in our life. Please have mercy on us in Jesus loving name. Please bless us and protect us in Jesus loving name. Please have mercy on the souls of Pappa, Amma, Toms and departed loved ones in Jesus loving name. Amen
By March 2026 Please let me be have fully moved to and be living in Starkville, MS, USA in: a house, a mobile house, or an apartment and live there for 12 months-24 months. I want to get back happy, quit suffering, and for this 2nd hate train against that I have been going through the years of 2014-2026 to be over.
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 an
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
Lord please make the lesson go well.
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.
For the financial needs of rural communities, we pray. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
For the financial needs of all persons who live in rural communities, we pray. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Jesus; bless all single persons and see to their needs. Help them to live their lives in a way that pleases the Father. Amen.
Jesus; bless all marriages and see to their needs. Grant them strength, understanding, perseverance, faith, and love. Amen.
For all married couples, parents, and single persons, we pray. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Jesus; bless Fr. Suresh Bandha, Fr. Bryan Dominic Ernest, Deacon Dixon & Lynnette Powers, Theodore Carl Bowman, Beth Ann Johnson-Bowman & Curtis Vincent Bowman, Charles Pirolo, Kyle Brandyberry, April & Steven Hendon, David & Julie Schwasinger, the unborn and see to their needs. Help and guide them to Heaven. Wash them clean in Your Precious Blood and deliver them from evil. Amen.
Father; Help me fulfill my obligations in the best way possible. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Father; Help me fulfill my obligations in the best way possible. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Father; Thank You for today. Help us all enjoy this day that You have made. Amen.
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.
Thoroughly wash away my guilt; and from my sin cleanse me. For I know my transgressions; my sin is always before me.
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 that I’ll be starting in 2024 in the name of Jesus. Pray for my mothers’s health with no issues or suffering in Jesus name. 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 Please play for total recovery of my mother‘s dental bleeding in the mighty mighty mighty name of Jesus Quick resolution for my mothers dental bleeding and dental issues in the mighty mighty name of Jesus
Have mercy on me, God, in accord with your merciful love; in your abundant compassion blot out my transgressions.
Every weapon fashioned against you shall fail; every tongue that brings you to trial you shall prove false.
The situation involving R. A. will be resolved without adversely affecting my employer or me. All allegations will be shown to be false.
Dear Lord Please Help Amen Thank You
St Anthony Lord Jesus please make things fall into place
I am coming before God in a season of deep heartbreak and surrender. After seven years in a relationship with someone I deeply loved and envisioned a future with, everything has changed very suddenly. He is now preparing for marriage due to family pressure, and I am grieving not only the relationship but the future I believed we were building. The speed and finality of this situation have been difficult to process. Please pray for me as I navigate waves of pain, confusion, and unanswered questions. Some days I feel strong and surrendered to God’s will; other days I feel overwhelmed, hurt, and afraid that what we shared meant nothing. I struggle with thoughts of loss and replacement, and I ask for prayer that bitterness or resentment would not take root in my heart while I honestly process this pain. Above all, I desire alignment with God’s will above my own. I pray for restoration if it is truly His plan, but even more than that, I ask for truth, maturity, and transformation in both of us. May God bring clarity where there is confusion, courage where there is fear, and integrity in our paths. If restoration is meant to happen, may it come through healing and clarity. If not, may God give me the strength to release fully and move forward without resentment. Please also pray for peace over my mind. I surrender the racing thoughts and grief to God and ask for His peace to guard my heart. I do not want to control outcomes; I want to trust that what is meant for me will not miss me. Above all, I pray that these seven years would not be in vain. May God intervene in the way only He can, override human finality if it is His will, and bring about His perfect purpose in my life.
Jesus; bless all of our Altar Servers here and help them learn quickly. Help them to have confidence in themselves and in the abilities that You have given them. Amen.
Praying that Liz will just let me continue to help her. Amen
Please st Anthony pray for me financially. please help and guide me. please whisper into the infant jesus. please ask the lord for a miracle that my prayers will be granted soon. you know my worries and wants i leave these causes in you and the lords hands. thank you. G.M
I lost my recently purchased eyeglasses. Because they were bifocals they were expensive. I looked all over and have prayed with my wife and kids to ST Anthony a few days back and so far still lost. Please help me find them ST Anthony I really need them especially to see in a few days .
Please pray for the health, happiness and longevity of my family and friends. Please also pray for my new baby and health and prosperity in his life. Please pray we get into a schedule and we can all get some sleep! Thank you and God bless you!!
Lord seeking divine intervention for the mental health issues that has taken over this family
Please pray for my father Gajanan who has been suffering from throat problems, sore throat and coughing for last 15 days. He is not even able to sleep properly please pray for his health.
Lord please make the lesson go well..
A good night's sleep to all.
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. Let me have restoration of every single thing that I watched them so cruelly take from my life with joy. Let me have victory over my vicious enemies. St. Anthony please plead for me. Protect me. Thank you.
Complete restoration of my hearing in both of my ears. My hearing is a gift from God. Please St. Anthony pray for me and ask God to let me retain my ability to hear as I always had without the need for any devices or anything else. Thank you
Restoration of my friendships and relationships.
With your miracle working power, please find and help me move to a beautiful home, a blessed home, a happy home, a home that is filled with joy and I'm so happy living in. Please make it very soon. Thank you.
Let me and my child be very close, get along well and let my child want to be close to me. St. Anthony protect me and my child from every evil. Protect us from my ex friend who is very evil. Protect us from all those other wicked people. Thank you.
Dear Lord this job is low paying. the people, dismissive & nasty . It's not a good fit for me. I pray for Your deliverance from it to something much better/ Thank You. Amen
For the prayers & intentions of everyone posting here. Amen
Complete healing for the callous' on my feet. Amen
Praise the lord. I have an urgent prayer request. Please pray for my husband Shyl. He is having growth is his mouth and doctor had suggested for biopsy. Please pray for complete healing Biopsy is scheduled for 16th Feb. Please pray for god's touch and healing and every report is normal by the grace of God.
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 of continued healing for my sister E. The right new job for me. For my family, friends & special intentions.
Dear Lord, I need to find another job. While the one I have is a paycheck, that’s about all it is. & not a very good one as I took it out of need rather than considering what I was getting into. I am grateful for the employment except that it's just not meeting my needs on a lot of levels. ....ge expense. Perhaps if it's His will for me, to experience a fine love with a good woman at this time in my life. Thank You for everything Lord. Amen. Deliverance from this toxic work environment...You have blessed me with can be used to the fullest & are appreciated & rewarded. Amen Thank You for everything Lord. Amen
Deliverance from this job & its horrible working environment to one that has good people pays much better, has a reasonable commute & will use the talents I have been blessed with to the fullest. Amen,
Humbly asking for your prayers in settling our huge debts the soonest time.May we sell our property quickly easily and profitably.Please pray that we be spared protected and shielded from any form of humiliation and harassment from our lenders.Please pray that they will not call me in the office and sending emails to my superiors regarding my loans to humiliate me.Help us to pray for we are in a very difficult situation right now.Thank you.This I pray in the mighty name of Jesus thru Mother Mary and all the angels and saints.Amen .
Take care of us
Dear Lord please make the lesson go well..
Lord make the doctors check up go well..
Protect my child Lord and me Lord
Dear Lord please bless us with good days
My family is under very intense spiritual attack. We have been sick non-stop since early November. We are fighting amongst each other. We are struggling with job loss and financial problems. Asking for deliverance and divine assistance and protection. May God keep us safe and help us to remain strong in our faith.
Please pray for Arnoldo's knee. He might need a surgery. God bless you all!
God bless all of you. Please intercede for the result of Kattia Calderon and Mario Quesada's medical tests. May our Lord take control of their condition and heal them if it is His will. Thank you so much!
Please pray for our son. For his full return to the Catholic Church, for the grace of illumination of conscience and repentance. For him to eliminate all bad and evil influence in his life. For purity, chastity and obedience to our Lord in all things. Peace and reunion of our family and restored trust. Amen
Dear St Anthony bless my family and my children Antoathin and daughter Aashika cough and Adukku Thummal problem. Thank you Jesus Christ. Bless my profession
Holy Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do you, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God cast into Hell Satan and all the evil spirits who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Angel of God, My Guardian Dear, to whom God's love commits me here. Ever this day be at my side, to light and to guard, to rule and guide. Amen.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Holy Family; pray for me and with me today.
For healthy, undisturbed sleep, we pray. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Dearest Saint Anthony, please help me, so that there will be no new problems with my legs. I ask for your strong help, and also for a miracle, if a miracle is needed. As you know, the matter worries me so much. Thank you so very much for helping A with the first test, and please help her so that the second test will show nothing dangerous. I ask very much for your help also with this. And as always, please help and protect all my loved ones Yours ever, Sanna
Asking for prayers for the serious relationship b/w BL and MK turn out per God's will. Horrible anger/distrust and severing of my relationship b/w my adult son and I. I have consecrated this relationship to God/Jesus/Holy Spirit. Asking for peace, understanding, a truce and acceptance. IJN. Amen. Thank-you.
I beg st Anthony for his help right now. Please grant me a miracle , miracles I need ! Please help me successfully lead that with work and bring in business for my job! Please guide me, my words my actions my thoughts. Please grant me financial blessings and miracles. Please help me be a peace maker and peace healer. In thanksgiving. Thank you thank you thank you!!
Prayer request for complete healing for my father, who is bedridden post brain surgery since past 1 year and under rehabilitation. Lord our Saviour, the great physician, Kindly resolve his neuro issues and restore his health. Regulate his BP and other vitals to normal. Grace him strength to eat, talk and walk on its own as earlier. Kindly bless him to restore his senses and body reflexes smoothly. Cure and regulate his infections, bed sores and bless all medical team with wisdom and skills who are continuously working on his recovery. Forgive his sins and bless his family who are seeking your mercy, love, protection and divine miracle. Sanctify our house & reverse black magic, curse & witchcraft binding against our family members. In Jesus Powerful Name.
Dear St Anthony bless my family and my children Antoathin and daughter Aashika cough and Adukku Thummal problem. Thank you Jesus Christ. Bless my profession
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.
Would you kindly pray for my husband Jim that his cardiac testing will be normal? Thank you and God bless you all!
Holy Saint Anthony, patron Saint of miracle , I humbly ask for your intercession. Strengthen my trust in the Lord. Please aid my daughter and her boyfriend... draw them closer to our Holy Mother and Father in heaven and their son Jesus Help my sister find happiness, ensure a safe delivery for my nephew and his girlfriend, and bless their baby with good health. Support those I have promised to pray for, help them find solutions...Guide our youth to experience the love of Jesus and keep them away from evil, especially those I know personally. Pray for all souls in purgatory to attain eternal life, especially those on my list. Finally, help me overcome my financial difficulties—pay my debts, repair what is needed, improve my circumstances, and grant me an opportunity for pilgrimage.
Please pray for Stylianos to get out of our lives and minds,we hurt so much from his evil, mean, wicked, narcissistic, manipulative, cruel, inhuman behaviour. Please he has poisoned our souls, destroed our lives.
Please pray for me. Ask God to heal my depression, anxiety, and loneliness. Ask him to let me know he is holding me in the palm of his hand. Ask him to help me be aware of his presence every moment of every day.
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 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.
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
thank you for your blessings. please grant us continued abundance in our business checking. please help us financially. praise st anthony.
Dear Lord Please Help Amen Thank You
THANK YOU FOR ANSWERED PRAYERS AND I SAFETY RA SYA ALWAYS AND HEALTHY TO ALL MY FAMILY
Praying Charlies procedure goes well and is effective.i will carry his burdens put the suffering on me.
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