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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 I most earnestly implore of you to grant my son Brandon the grace to successfully complete his project and make a good career. Help him get a permanent job with VISA sponsorship. Grant my husband Augustine the grace to get a normal sonography report and grant him good health in mind and body. Financial assistance and smooth functioning of our jobs. Thanksgiving for favors received.
Please pray for Jonathan's safe return now to us. That he be healthy in mind, body, and spirit. That all will be well. For peace of Christ and hope and trust. Please pray for Jonathan to be fine and we will see him now.
Please pray that my oldest son makes A’s or b’s on his physics test today and his calculus test later this week and this he makes A’s and b’s in his exams in those classes next week.
The prayers & intentions of everyone posting here. Amen
Thank You Lord, my doctors visit went well. Prayers for full healing & recovery from the blisters & callous’ on my feet, without any issues or concerns of any kind. Thank You for everything Lord. Amen
Dear Lord, this is the most toxic workplace I have ever been in. I pray for Your help & deliverance to a place just as local, that's much better paying , having good people , that's a good fit for the gifts You have blessed me with. Thank You for everything. Amen
St. Anthony of Padua, helper in times of need, Thank you for your prayers and for helping me reach this stage with an interview invitation from CERN. Please assist me now as I prepare. Help me recall my knowledge and experience clearly. Remove confusion, anxiety, and fear. If it is God’s will, may this opportunity at CERN turn into a successful job offer. Guide me also in the future steps of my career journey. 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 son, I know you are suffering if it is a loss of a job or whatever it is know that I am here for you I pray for peace and knowledge that you know I’m here for you For this I prayer
Asking for prayers for Jason. He is going through a difficult time and has had a hard life. I ask for prayers for a revelation of who Jesus is to feel God's love during this difficult time in his life.
My loved one died unexpectedly at Christmas. Could you please pray that I will find healing for my grief, and that I will be strong and able to get through my dialysis while my heart is grieving so much? It is so hard to endure dialysis when I am coping with such big loss. Please pray that I will be surrounded by love and support, too. Thank you for your kindness, and may God bless you
Can you please pray that my dialysis access doesn't have any problems and that my dialysis goes smoothly? Please pray that my dialysis goes fine and that I don't have any issues during my treatment. Thank you so much!
Lord, in the name of Jesus, please grant me my blessed new full time job. Please Lord. Amen.
Lord please make our health check up go smoothly
Lord please make the lessons go well..
Dear Lord please bless us
Tonight and tomorrow we have flood warnings. Please keepy basement from flooding. And please bring Jett home
Take care of us
Please pray for the health and conversion of my daughter. She has a cardiac problem and is away from the Church. Thank you forever. Through the Holy Face of Jesus.
Dear St Anthony, please protect my family friend Cheryl M. Springhill, Fl. She is in the hospital having surgery she has a cancerous mass in her stomach. Pls guide the doctors in her care. Amen
Dear St Anthony, Please watch over my family, especially husband John, son Sean and sister Maryann and bring them good health. We need a miracle so that our lives are better. Please hear my prayers.
Luis Enrique: Virgin Mary please take him in your holy arms, protect and help him to find a good job, and that he can renew his contract in the actial apartment where he lives. Help him to increase his wealth in Jesus name.
I ask for prayers for the physical and mental health of my teenage goddaughter, so that she can make the right decisions during this difficult period and during all her trials. May God bless you!
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.
I am seeking prayer for the restoration of my marriage, redemption, and reinstatement as my husband’s partner in his life. Please pray for softened hearts in both of us, for healing, forgiveness, and humility, and for God to lead us back to Christ and to each other. I ask for His guidance, peace, and perfect timing as He works in our hearts and our marriage.
Please ask God to relieve my chronic and severe anxiety, depression, and loneliness. I’m in tremendous pain and despair. I don’t know how much more I can take. Please pray for me and all those suffering.
Please pray for me and my partners relationship to be restored. I once had taken it for granted and treated my partner very badly but I now do realise how wrong I was. I am asking for Gods forgiveness and want God to give us another chance. In Jesus mighty name I pray. Amen.
Dear St. Anthony Prayer Team, I humbly request your prayers for our property registration process, which has been facing repeated delays at the final stage. Though most formalities are completed, a few technical approvals are still pending, causing uncertainty and mental strain. Please pray through the powerful intercession of St. Anthony that all remaining obstacles are removed, that the loan clearance is granted smoothly, and that we are able to successfully complete the registration of this property without further delay. We trust in God’s providence and St. Anthony’s intercession during this time. Thank you for keeping our family in your prayers. — Hema
Please pray for the legal dilemma that he is in now ends in Anthony’s favor with no consequences. Please pray for Anthony continued financial success. Thank you
This might sound like a silly thing to pray for, but I'm asking for prayers that my young son makes one of the baseball teams he is trying out for. I think this would really help his self-confidence. He is working hard trying to practice for this and would really like to make the team.
For faith, peace, and healing. May work and school go well. For safe travels. Saint Anthony please pray for us.
Please, God Lord Jesus Christ, I need protection from Evil. Hear my Prayer! Thank You! Amen!
Dear St. Anthony please help us find ways to improve JB's back pain and improved health for WB. Please help us find the way to fix our house issues. Please remember those who have no one to pray for them this day and world peace. Thank you
Lord, thank you for blessing my daughter with the faith fill husband she found. Please bless their marriage. Brothers and Sisters , pray my son find a faithfilled partner as well.
Saint Anthony, our patron saint of miracle, please intercede on behalf for myself and my loved ones, safeguarding us from harm. 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.
Pl pray for healing of brother safety n protection N change of heart of Fl.
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, please continue to watch over my son today and every day. Please help him settle his head. Give him the support and direction he needs. Keep him strong and happy. Please help him be positive and content. Please let him settle well into his job and may all the staff be good to him. Let him excel. Give him the strength, guidance, confidence, direction, support and protection that he needs. Let him achieve his goals and be more positive, happy and content. Be happy Amen
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
Please keep my husband, Wynn Dang, in your prayers. He is facing serious issues with his aortic valve, and we are asking for God’s powerful healing hand to touch his heart and fully restore his valve to perfect health and function. We humbly pray that God will renew his strength, calm every worry, and bless his doctors with wisdom, clarity, and precision in every decision they make. May Holy Mary lovingly intercede for him, wrapping him in her protection and filling his heart with comfort, hope, and peace during this challenging time.
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.
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 make the lessons go well Lord
Dear Lord Please Help Amen Thank You
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever.
Please pray for my dog Rocky who is fighting for his life in the ICU. This dog is my gift from God and I want to be able to bring him home and let him enjoy the rest of his life. He is only 6 years old. Please pray for me that if I have to put him down that God will give me strength and peace to do this. Please dear God help me through this. I appreciate all of you and God bless you all.
That through Jesus Christ and with His help, I win.
Oppose, LORD, those who oppose me; war upon those who make war upon me. Take up the shield and buckler; rise up in my defense.
Do not fear! Stand your ground and see the victory the LORD will win for you today.
Do not fear, Abram! I am your shield; I will make your reward very great.
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St. Anthony of Padua, helper in times of need, Thank you for your prayers and for helping me reach this stage with an interview invitation from CERN. Please assist me now as I prepare. Help me recall my knowledge and experience clearly. Remove confusion, anxiety, and fear. If it is God’s will, may this opportunity at CERN turn into a successful job offer. Guide me also in the future steps of my career journey. Amen.
Please pray that my oldest’s son’s anxiety decreases. Please pray that he gains the skill and wisdom to make As or Bs on his physics and calculus tests this week and next week. Please pray both our anxieties decrease as we navigate this.
Greetings in Jesus name. Please pray for me. For all good prophesies to come true this month and this year. Of traveling overseas, business, married, kids. I need money and passport.
Greetings in Jesus name. Please pray for me. For all good prophesies to come true this month and this year. Of traveling overseas, business, married, kids. I need money and passport.
Please remember Tamar B & Kevin S who both passed away on this day . Thank you.
Dear Jesus, Please comfort all those who are experiencing dire situations at this time. Give them the gift of Your peace. Amen.
Dear Lord, I trust in Your infinite wisdom and goodness. I come to You with a humble heart, seeking guidance and provision. I'm struggling to find stable employment, and it's overwhelming. Lord, I pray for a job opportunity that aligns with my skills and experience. Grant me the strength to persevere and the wisdom to navigate this challenging time. May Your will be done, and may I trust in Your perfect plan. Through Lord Jesus Christ. with the Holy Spirit, Blessed Intercession of Mother Mary, Holy Angels and Saints. Amen.
My daughter is going to Australia to study and scheduled to fly on 20th March. She is under 18 so as her mother, I have also applied for guardian visa to be with her and take care of her. We submitted both our visa applications on 29 Jan and one month later, on 27 Feb, we received notice from Australia Immigration to produce more documents. We have got the new documents required and will be submitting today. I am very worried that our visa will be rejected or delayed. Please pray for us, that our visa will be processed without any issue and approved soon. Thank you heavenly father and thank you all for praying for us.
Please pray for my family that they will get everything they are praying for and it will be soon
Thank You God for walking pilgrimage being successful, everything went smoothly, bless all the benefactors, sponsors, volunteers, police all those who have helped in one way or other, God bless them all. For a blessed Lenten season, all those who are attending retreats, & other Lenten programs bless it.
LB, VV, RC, PP please restore my friendships with these lifelong friends Thank you.
Let me and my child be close, do things together and be protected and blessed. St. Anthony please protect us from all evil. Protect us from my ex friend who is very evil and very jealous, who consistently comes by me home. Protect us from those other wicked people. Thank you.
Praying for God's blessings, God's restoration, God's protection and unlimited grace in my life. Thank you.
Praying for restoration of all those beautiful things that God blessed me with. Praying for God's forgiveness as well. Thank you.
St. Anthony bring me a new home that's a great deal, a beautiful home that's surrounded by happiness and joy. I do not want to stay here. Please St. Anthony let me have the miracle of a new home Even the one that I liked that has a deposit, if I'll be happy there and it's for me, please let me get it. St. Anthony if that's not for me, then please bring me a home that's for me. Thank you.
Please pray for me My in laws and husband have abused and harassed me and my parents, they removed me out of the house. My one year old baby daughter and I stay with my parents. My husband has abandoned us and never tried to contact us or even asked about baby. In November they sent me a legal notice to go back to matrimonial home. If I go back there I may not survive. For the sake of my baby’s safety I’m at parents house. Now they have a court case against me for divorce. Please pray for me and my baby we are in need of a miracle.
For Jake . Dear Lord, he's just a little boy & little boys should be outside playing, running around, riding their bikes, skinning their knees & not in a hospital bed undergoing treatments for cancer. As nothing is impossible for God, I pray he may be blessed with a complete healing & recovery. In Jesus name ~ Amen
For Tomasz and Klaudia — that they may separate and renounce their relationship ... For their deliverance from all evil, from temptation and spiritual bondage, from addictions and selfishness that wound others. May the Lord purify their hearts, enlighten their consciences, and awaken within them a sincere desire for holiness, truth, and faithful obedience to God’s will.
Prayer request for my mom Chandra. My Mom went for CT scan as suggested by doctor . The result says "chronic liver disease with signs of portal hypertension", gall bladder stones and spleen enlargement and hernea. She is afraid and nervous and also she has itching in her legs below knee and feeling tiredness. She needs to go for scan and some liver related tests. Please pray for my mom that all tests should be normal and no big problem should come. Bcoz of that she is stressed and not well. She even have sugar, pressure and taking heart tablets. Please pray for her wellness and our mighty lord Jesus should show mercy on her and give her new liver, removal of gall bladder stones and should free from pain, itching and all problems. Lord Jesus should free us from all evil things and cure her liver problem. No harm should come for my whole family. Cancer, corona and other deadly diseases should not touch my whole family especially my mom. Please pray for my mom.
Prayers for J.S. for making the right decision in a sensitive situation and to know to trust God in that He will direct the steps all along the way. Amen.
Dear Lord, 39 years ago today you blessed me with a wonderful gift in Jessica. Thank you for sharing her and trusting me to be her dad. I am here now praying that you will continue to watch over her, straighten her path along with her 2 children. I pray that you will continue to protect the 3 of them and help them in their lives journey. Amen
For my family, friends & special intentions. The right new job. Good & routine results from my doctor's appointment. Thank You for everything Lord. Amen
Prayer for my son Bliss as he is having his exam today send your holy spirit on him be with him through out the exam prayer that he comes out in flying colours. Prayer he can prepare well for the exam.
Brothers and Sisters, Pray for our street. We have had these individuals tormenting us for years. They are notorious drug users and distribute it as well. They have many weapons. We live by a middle school and we Pray that our students don't get influenced by them. Pray that the Sheriff's can remove them permanently and help us get peace back to our street. I pray in the name the Lord that he hears our prayers. Blessings Brothers and Sisters
Please pray that I keep my employment with my current employer. Our jobs will be eliminated as of March 12. I'm interviewing for another position and really want to stay working for the same employer until I retire. I have applied for other jobs also at the same company, but haven't heard anything about them. Thank you for your prayers.
Please pray for my oldest son and that he makes an A or high b on his physics test tomorrow.
Dear Saint Anthony and all the Friars Please help and pray 🙏🏻 for my daughter Elizabeth to get full custody of her two children, and to protect them from the evil ex husband. So far my prayers have not being answered. Today’s court hearing is very worrying. Elizabeth’s daughter, who is only Eleven years old is frightened of her father and doesn’t want to talk or go to him. If my granddaughter doesn’t go to him, the court will punish my daughter, and take her children away from her. This man , her father is very cunning. He starts to cry when he sees the social worker/ school teachers to gain sympathy. They the social worker and the teachers think that my daughter is manipulating her children, which is not true. My daughter escaped from him as he was abusive to her children ,when the children were both underThree years old. He threatened y daughter, wants her locked up. He’s determined to carry out his threat. My daughter is on the verge of a breakdown. I am afraid that my granddaughter will go the same way. Please God , please keep this man away from my daughter and her children. So that my daughter can recover from this abuse from this horrible abuse from this evil man.This has been going on for ten years or more. Please God please help. Keep this evil man away from my daughter and her children. I don’t know who to ask for help except you. Pray 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻
Please pray for my relatives in purgatory, my family, my job situation. And for all others who need help especially J, A, S and E. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God have mercy on me a sinner.
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.
Please pray that I have nothing to worry about. Please pray that my family lives very long, happy, healthy, and safe lives. Please pray that my house and family remain safe from dangers including weather, my family has no big problems, my husband makes wise decisions, and my kids are happy and do well socially and in school. Please pray my oldest son keeps a 4.0 gpa, makes A’s on his exams and makes an a or b on his physics test tomorrow, and his mental health and socialization improve.
Prayers for peace. Amen
St. Anthony, gentlest of saints, thanks & may all our blessings continue. forgive us our sins, Pray for Dad, mom, my bros, sis, kids,me, esp the sick, Jef, Art, Ang, Dad, cyn ,Pray for Jimmy soul, may he rest in peace. that Jef, cyn ,dad resolve all issues to their satisfaction. Get me safely thru this week. Help me with the house, car. take this loniness away, get me friends that I can visit and who visit. that B and I may form some memorial able moments. That B may be a true lovin, carin, considerate companion to me . Help me w/ the B & I situation. That I get to see Ing this year. Pray that Tay gets into school of her choice with financial aid that she deserves. lord thanks for my blessings. St. Anthony, please intercede for me. 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
Please pray for the Healing of the Painful and Irritated Skin on my Right Middle Finger. Thank you.
For a successful pilgrimage. For wisdom with big and small decisions. For good success. For holiness. To get off of nicotine and not to drink alcohol. For my daughters, Victoria and Maria. For Liz and her kids. For protection from the enemy. For healing from PTSD. For forgiveness and goodness. For better health. For good counsel.
Please pray that I will soon find employment. I keep looking for 14 months but to no avail, rejection after rejection… I’m losing hope I need a miracle
All this missing mail, please let me start getting it, or give us a better mail carrier. Thank you.
My daughter is a patient care assistant at the Christ Hospital. One of her patients today is just 31 years old and has been diagnosed with systemic melanoma. I believe she has children and it’s just hard so please be with the patient and her family I pray in Jesus name
I ask my brothers and sisters in Christ to join me in prayer for my beautiful stepdaughter, Jess. She will be having surgery tomorrow. Jess is battling breast cancer. May it be God's will to heal her completely. In the name of Jesus Christ I surrender Jess into HIS healing hands. Lord hear my prayer. Amen.
Please pray that I can get a job change with stability and good salary growth as I am facing lot of challenges and difficulties in current job. Also pray to get possession of new home 1104 with contract to be signed with any hurdles.
Blessed Saint Anthony please guide and look after Mum as she goes through her operation. Be at her side and keep her safe. May she be free from disease and make a good recovery. Pray for all my beautiful family and friends. Pray especially for Mum, Dad, Marion and Sean. In Jesus name we pray.
Take care of us
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