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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 Anthony please intercede and pray that doors to provision and breakthroughs are opening wide for me today and please ask God to help me get a place to live now that is mine and where I am not a problem to anyone. Pray for me to get the right leasing agent and for my application to be quickly approved and for connections and miracles to start unfolding now. Amen
Please remember Rick F who passed away on this day in 2013. Thank you.
bless me with peace of mind bless our Trip to Vienna that we will not have any complications with our passports flight hotels accommodation and at immigration .Keep Naomi focused on her studies and bless her that she passes all her exams and get her masters degree without any complications Bless & Protect her job. Bless naomi with good friends. Bless & protect our home that we never lose our home. Keep us under your protection
Protect my child for his exam Lord
* Cameron –Dear Lord – please be the head of medical team in charge of Cameron. May his internal bleeding, pain and tachycardia problems be subdued by Your Healing Hands – May our Blessed Mother Mary cover him with Her healing Mantel and his Guardian Angel be at his side. May his parents be comforted and result of all tests be one of joy – he not need any blood transfusion, complete whole healing and speedy recovery. * Daniel – Stop smoking. Be called and hired by company job he applied for. Blessed with wisdom/ peace/ joy. * Self – Healing Left eye discomfort – Healing of head dizziness.
Jesus, help with the visa processing and PCC. Jesus, the landlord refuses to give a rental agreement Please help me
Pray for my children spiritual Growth and marriages.They should clear their bank loans. Pray for my children Ĵobs.they are preparing for interviews.please Pray for them.
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
St. Anthony please help me for my financial struggles, for my health & healing.
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 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.
Praying for the friendships that have been in my life for almost my whole life to be restored. St. Anthony 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. Praying for God's unlimited grace. Please intercede for me. Thank you for past intercessions. Thank you for so many answered prayers.
Dear St. Anthony Mother Mary, thank you for another day in my life with you with my family with my job with my team and all my IT Projects. Mother Mary drowned in the loans so much am not able pay back or able clear it once for all. ...Mother Mary help me Please save my family, this time Christmas is going to be very low and no money. Am totally broke and i really don't know how to manage. I place this request at your feet asking you show me way for celebrating Christmas my job my family and way to pay my EMI's. who will help me. Ending this prayer with your blessing and grace and support. O Mary Virgin before childbirth keep me pure in soul and body, ... Every threatening danger vanishes at thy prayer. St. Anthony beloved of god and man pray for us. Amen, Dominic Vijay
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.
please pray for my siblings and heal them..and pray i get the medications i need soon..
My father, Don, had a massive stroke in February. As a result, he is paralyzed on the left side (cannot use his left leg or arm/hand). I am asking for prayers for a complete recovery.
Dear Lord, I pray deliverance to a much better paying job. I took the one I have out of need as I was out of work for a long time. Sadly, it's not earning enough to meet & somewhat exceed my needs. I'm finding the atmosphere to be toxic & my fellows nasty & game-playing. I may never fully retire per' sei, so I really need to be earning enough to cover everything plus have some additional funds. Father, I pray for Your assistance. Thank You for everything. Amen
Dear Lord, while I am grateful for the employment, I really can't stand this job. The company isn't very well run. my coworkers are unhelpful & nasty. My manager is a game-playing opportunist. It's a toxic environment that I don't need & would prefer to be delivered from. I may never be able to retire per se' & if I need to work, I'd like to be working for an organization that's well run & pleasant. I pray deliverance to one in Jesus's name. Amen
Continued recovery for my sister. Thank You Father, Amen
Deliverance to a better paying job that has a really good people & a great culture. Thank You for everything Lord Amen
A lot of things are going on. My mum eats too much at lot of times, worst at night....I need help losing weight too. ...I hope my mum doesn’t go to my group, as my mum will make my life a nightmare for a long time, as years ago, I don’t remember what I did, but it caused my mum to not go back to that group, and knowing my mum, she likes to repeat over and over again what mistake one makes that it drives them nuts.
Prayer for my family O Holy St. Anthony, gentlest of Saints, you are known for your love for God and for your miraculous powers. 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 ... 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.
For strength hope rest and peace, insight foresight and discernment, wisdom understanding and knowledge. Praying for you also
O Holy St. Anthony, please intercede for my husband. Please ask Our Father for His blessings to allow my husband to keep his job. We thank you for this provision and all your gifts. Jesus we trust in you.
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. At. Anthony please pray for our family. Thank you.
ST ANTHONY LORD JESUS PLEADING YOU TO MAKE THINGS FALL INTO PLACE
Dear Lord bless my child for his exams
Steven and Heather Richards marriage. The God will take control and the outcome is his will only. In Jesus Name.. Amen
Please pray that I can get the Dell 24 23.8-inch Monitor the Seventable computer desk 47.2" with LED Lights and the LED Lights with RGB Controller for my bedroom for Christmas thank you.
Dear St. my parents called my brother's wife with her daughter,to come home after one and half year. But she is not ready to come to her husbands house, because her 2 sisters Nuns, and abroad brother are teaching her bad to go far away from her husband, So we are not arguing or fighting with her anything, so please please brother please pray to pour miracles and bring her home.
Jesus; bless all those who attend the Communal Penance Service and see to their needs. Help and guide them to Heaven. Wash them clean in Your Precious Blood and deliver them from evil. 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.
Blessed Michael Joseph McGivney; pray for me.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Holy Family; pray for me.
For healthy, undisturbed sleep, we pray. Through Christ Our Lord.
For faith, peace, and healing. May school and work go well. For safe travels. May the pre-clinical test subjects do well. May my family's and friends' medical treatments and consults go well. That my wife's anemia, gastritis and knee be healed. May the Holy Spirit move within our hearts and minds. Saint Anthony, please pray for us.
In grateful thanksgiving for good test results.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Boniface. G. An old high school friend who passed away recently. THANK YOU.
please pray for william and theresa and children to be happy and safe take away all worry and stress pray for there protection in there home from a volient family that cause trouble our lady and jesus saint anthony all the saints send your protection to this family
There is supposed to be a blizzard coming, ...I hope we do not get blizzard. I hope the internet keeps on working today and tomorrow. .... I also hope on Sunday, that it will not be snowing and the walks and roads will be clear enough to go to church, as I haven’t been to church in a while. Help me have the mental strength to deal with things, especially this time of year. ....My mum’s mental health is not the best this time of year. My dad has been sick for a while, please get him well enough to do things.
May the most holy, most sacred, most adorable, most mysterious and unutterable Name of God be always praised, blessed, loved, adored and glorified in heaven on earth and under the earth, by all the creatures of God, and by the Sacred Heart of our Lord Jesus Christ in the most Holy Sacrament of the altar.
Take care of us
Dear Saint Anthony and all the Friars Please continue to pray for my daughter Elizabeth to get full custody of her two children at the court hearing on 20 January 26 Her abusive ex husband to go away, so that Elizabeth and her children are free from this evil man. Please pray for Elizabeth, Araliya and Connor Chryssanthi, David, Indira and Freya Keep them always , safe and good health. Also me for my health and intensions. Thank you 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻
My son wants to go out of town to see his Girlfriend but financially this is very hard. Oh please pray for his happiness. Either way please ask God for a financial breakthrough and my son Jakeb's happiness. Oh please pray. Thank you and God bless you. I ask in the name of Jesus.
Please St. Anthony De Padua .help me and guide me on my diabetic training on Friday To give me wisdom and understand the diabetic management and expert on computation for the correction, coverage and factor. for the safety of the students. the last time i had my training everyone should answer and recitation. One of the nurse bully and embarrassed me twice that my computation is wrong. That's why we are there to learn .Please help me to easily learn the technique. Don't leave me .Amen.
Greetings in Jesus name. Please pray for me. My protection all times. Mom and brothers with zuki. House in siwisa. Restore my stolen blessings and dignity. Cast away confusion in my family and me with healing. NtSali family and file must phendula to me. Joseph blessings.
Hello, God bless you 🙏 I humbly ask you to please pray with me for my friend’s grandmother. Her name is Amber, and she is currently in the hospital after becoming paralyzed. She has now been placed in palliative care, and the doctors say she may pass away in the coming days, weeks, or months. We ask for a miracle if it is God’s will, and if not, that she may pass away in peace, surrounded by God’s love, and rest safely with our Lord Jesus Christ. We also pray that God may fill our families with love, unity, peace, and strength during this difficult time. Thank you so much for your prayers 🤍
St Anthony - please keep safe, healthy and protect J and D. I pray I hear from them both during the day. IJNIP. Amen. LV
Please pray for shenoda to strengthen my relationship with him, please don't break up this relationship. Please pray for libisha to focus on her husband not in others husband. Lord please don't break up my house.
Convert nonbelievers to become active faith filled Christians, get baptized, repent of sins , and become active believers in God the Father, God Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. In Jesus name, I pray, Amen.
I pray Randall finds a job. I also pray he gets the money owed to him. I ask this through Jesus Christ Our Lord and Saviour. Amen
Pls pray for my son eric to get a job
New JOB required near my home town so i can care my family.
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.
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.
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.
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 so many answered prayers.
Please let my test today come back with good news, absolutely nothing of concern or worry.
Please pray for my son Vincent and I I am terrified he completely shut down mentally. Please pray his heart softens and he has the will to help me in the process of our home. It is decremental in saving our home we need funds to save it. Please pray for me (Phyllis and my son Vincent I feel like I dont want to go on. Amen.
St. Anthony and St. Jude, like you have done before, please bring me a really sweet man who is good to me, loves me and who I'm happy with, and who I love. Let him be kind and love God and his Church. 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.
please make the lesson go well lord
Dear Lord please make things fall into place
Saint Anthony, I ask for your help in having the same faith you possess—trust that God will take care of everything—and in granting me patience.... Please guide my daughter and her boyfriend... Help him to overcome his various addictions and assist them in becoming a strong, loving couple. S... Bless everyone I have promised to pray for, helping them find the answers they seek through prayer. Also, watch over all those who have no one to pray for them. Please assist the youth of our world, especially those I know, guiding them toward our Lord, our Heavenly Mother Mary, and their Son Jesus. Finally, pray for the souls in purgatory, and please support me in my financial needs.
Please bless pray for us for a healthy baby. Please pray for my wife Aarthy to get pregnant safely with a healthy baby.
Dear St Anthony, My heart is heavy and I need a miracle. First, please watch over my sister Maryann who is battling a major infection as a complication of surgery. My son just recently found out he’s got diabetes that’s gone untreated & now he must fight this and my husband has heart issues. Please help them St Anthony- I need a Christmas miracle.
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 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
To be delivered from chest pain, evil powers and healing my family. Increase in FAITH and grace of PRAYER.
That the joy and peace of Christ fill our hearts, our minds, and our world, we pray.
Father; Thank You for today. Help us all to enjoy this day that You have made. Amen.
Por favor San Antonio, que aparezca la cera a tiempo, te lo pedimos, Santo milagroso
✝️JMJ Praying for repentance/conversion of family/self/church/world and peace in family/world and end to all wars For healing of all illnesses especially those affecting myself/family/friends For all celebrating birthday 🥳 today especially Dennis Michael.All blessings. Holy Souls pray for us as we do you Safe travels for all and for good weather. Thank you JMJ for all blessings Our Lady of Good Health pray for us St Anne/St Joseph/St Anthony/St Faustina/St Padre Pio/All Saints pray for us Jesus mercy.
St Anthony and St Carlos and all the saints please pray and answer my prayers for my son rocky and myself and my mother Carmella praying for us to be healthy safe and patient especially now for Christmas praying for my son rocky he is traveling tomorrow to come home please keep him safe and healthy praying for him to return back to church and find his faith praying for him to be rewarded at his job and be successful praying for my mother Carmella she is doing great with her health and safety praying for my husband Pete and family they rest in eternal peace and watch over us all together praying for my IBS and weight improve shield us all together I love and trust in you always amen
Jesus; bless all of our Altar Servers here and help them learn quickly. 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.
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. Peace on Earth
Second time stopped on the road in an aggressive manner by my cousins who are cheating me conniving with my sister, brother in law. Father. My bones suffer mortal agony as my foes taunt me, saying to me all day long, “Where is your God?” The tricksters and cousins all family members are telling me we will take you to court and see God's will. Systematic loot and legalised plunder by the people concerned. Today they told me , let us see if your faith would win or his faith.
Dear St. Anthony Mother Mary, thank you am at my office today with your blessing grace support after surgery. Mother Mary please bless me save my job my family my status, am in such financial and professional mess am not able to tell anyone or sort it also. Mother Mary please save me forgive me my sins and please forgive for my arrogance temper ego...Mother Mary please be with me guide me please give me last chance ...Mother Mary help me bless my daughter my wife who do so much for me... O Mary Virgin before childbirth keep pure in soul and body, St. Anthony beloved of God and man pray for us. Every threatening danger vanishes at thy prayer. ... Amen, Dominic Vijay
Hello please can you pray for the following; -Finances- getting new Job or running own business -Health and healing- for mental and physical health etc- might have CPPS. Pray tests find out and get treatment needed. -Family, friends, neighbours and lost salvation -New quiet place to live -To build faith- to overcome temptation and sin including addictions, to read bible more and apply to my life, use spiritual gifts, talents,abilities and qualifications including singing and therapy etc. To walk in the spirit more and less in the flesh etc.
R.I.P. - K.S. is safely home with Jesus. Amen.
Please let Christy secure his placement urgently and for there to be no more issues
Please pray for 13 years debilitating daily migraines seized up neck relentless chronic fatigue. My husband’s PTSD new job/commute. Good fun people he will work with. May it be more than enough income. My father’s soul in purgatory and my mother’s. For my grief and deep sorrow. For my son. Bring good fun Holy friends. May he feel welcomed and loved from others. Protection from past bad people and experiences. For his schooling and a fun job. For guidance in the IT field. Thank you so much
Greetings in Jesus name. Please pray for me, my mom and brothers. We want business and money. Pray for Davison who did me wrong and Albert... Want my destiny helpers and funding in Jesus name.
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
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 St. Anthony, I am so lost and am an empty soul of a man. Nothing feels right anymore to the point of feeling totally worthless. Please help me in finding myself and my reason for being. Amen
Dear Lord, Thank you for the positive doctors appointment yesterday. Now I hope they will offer me the type of medicine that will help and at an affordable price. Amen
I pray that Randall finds a job. I also pray that he gets thr money owed to him. I adk this thriugh Jesus Christ Our Lord and Saviour Amen
That God would be merciful to us and help us in our difficult financial situation. Thank you!
R.I. P. -- May they be at peace enfolded in the Everlasting Arms of Jesus -- B.G. and S.G.
Please pray my test tomorrow comes back with really good results, absolutely nothing of concern or worry. Let it be good news.
I am suffering from severe pain in my left knee. Kindly pray for my healing so that I may be able to carry out my day-to-day activities without any difficulty. Thank you.
When at night I go to sleep, Fourteen angels watch do keep, Two my head are guarding, Two my feet are guiding; Two upon my right hand, Two upon my left hand. Two who warmly cover, Two who o'er me hover, Two to whom 'tis given, To guide my steps to heaven.
Prayers for S.B. who was involved in a traffic accident. We are praying for a full recovery. Jesus, Thank You.
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