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DonateSt. Anthony of Padua is one of the Catholic Church’s most popular saints. Saint Anthony of Padua, patron saint of lost and stolen articles, was a powerful Franciscan preacher and teacher. He’s typically portrayed holding the child Jesus—or a lily—or a book—or all three—in his arms.
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“Mt. Airy” is the familiar name for the National Shrine of St. Anthony and Friary sitting on a hill above Cincinnati. The shrine had its start in the late 1880s, when Joseph and Elizabeth Nurre bought what was then a country estate for $18,000 and gave it to the Franciscan friars.
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The 130 friars of St. John the Baptist Province (SJB) are members of the Order of Friars Minor. We are a Franciscan brotherhood inspired by the 13th-century example of St. Francis of Assisi. We serve the Catholic Church as brothers and priests in a communal life of poverty, prayer, and service to others.
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For the prayers & intentions of everyone posting here. Amen
Heavenly Father blessed Mother., dear Lord Jesus & good saints. I pray deliverance to the "right" job. Where I am is "a" job but not something for the long term. Thank You for everything. Amen
Continued healing & recovery for my sister. Amen Thank You Lord!
Prayers for the intercession of St. Francis and St. Anthony to have my son make good decisions in life.... and to be protected...
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 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 his mental health and socialization improve.
St. Anthony please intercede on behalf of our country. We need a miracle. I’m scared.
Lord please make things fall into place
Dear Lord protect my child
Take care of us
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is begotten by God, and everyone who loves the Father loves also the one begotten by him.
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.
Blessed Michael Joseph McGivney; pray for me to be free from ridiculopathy without delay. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Holy Family; pray for me and with me today.
Ffiłeehe ever⁵⁵ather; Deliver me from everyone and everything that would interfere with my ability rise up in my defense. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
"I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you."
Joe Bryan & Christa Trip
For the doctors and nurses not to give up on Aida Zataray, please pray for her stable recovery. She is in the ER and needs a miracle. Please pray for her, she has had her heart stop several times, pray for the doctors to restore her to health and for her to no longer get heart attacks, she is 40 and is a mother, please pray.
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.
ASKING/PRAYING FOR CAR OF MY OWN. MAY GOD ANSWER ME AS I WANT. AMEN AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN
Please pray that I will find a very sentimental ring that I have lost. Please pray to St Anthony that he will bring my ring back to me. I am so worried and heartsick over this.
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.
Dear St Anothony who has helped me so many times before, thank you. Please pray again for my friend Barbara today, as she goes into surgery to reverse her ostomy. Please pray that the surgery will be completely successful and without any complications whatsoever. May God heal her fully from the trauma and stress of the past 4 months, and especially may God heal her relationship with her son. May the Holy Spirit calm her in her fears and accompany her through this ordeal. And also please pray that she will receive all the money needed for her medical expenses instead of going into debt. In Jesus' Name, Amen. Please also pray for my friend Andrea who needs physical healing and to find a job where she can work from home. Amen.
please pray for baby john berry in hospital takeing seziures our lady and jesus all the saints heal this child
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. St. Anthony please pray for our family. Thank you.
please pray for elizabeth delaney age 16 in icu coma take seziures and doctors trying to find cause our lady and jesus all the saints heal elizabeth
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
St Anthony - please protect and keep safe and healthy J &D. Let J respond to my messages so I know things are ok. Keep them both healthy and safe. IJNIP. AMEN LV
Please let my husband get his green card appointment notice quickly and that the process go smooth and he is approved quickly. Please let this be before I have our 3rd baby so I may attend with him, but I trust in your timing. Please let me have a happy and healthy pregnancy. Amen.
Please make the lesson go well dear lord
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.
Please pray that I can learn how to use CapCut so I can learn how to make intros for my movie spoofs Christian movie spoofs Christmas movie spoofs TV series spoofs and OC's (Original characters) thank you.
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.
Please keep my friend Matthew in prayer he struggling with alcohol and pills. Please pray he will forgive me for trying to save his life. Please keep my mom in prayer she has surgery in four weeks. God bless.
Dear Lord Please Help Amen Thank Ypu
Dear St Anthony, I need your miracles to help my loved ones to heal. Please watch over my son Sean and bring him to good health. Help my husband John get the help he needs to relieve his heart issues. Please free my sister Maryann from the infection that is keeping her from healing. Please hear my prayers.
thank you for your blessings. please grant us continued abundance in our business checking. please give us more jobs. please heal Roccos ears 100%. praise st anthony!
Conversion of enemies of Brendan and Charlotte dsouza in Harmony Towers Society
For Celina, and her protection from vaccine injury on January 30. For Father Joseph Sanderson, and his ministry. For Allen's sanctification. For protection of all from the superflu.
Please pray for my inner healing, strength of faith, and the grace to surrender a significant relationship in my life into God’s hands. I ask the Lord to purify my heart from wounds, fears, and unhealthy attachments, and to guide me to grow into a renewed person who is more mature, whole, and aligned with the will of Jesus Christ, especially during this season of solitude, confusion, and spiritual darkness.
St Anthony st Carlos and all the saints please pray and listen and answer my prayers 🙏 for me my mother Carmella and my son rocky we all are happy healthy safe and patient praying for the flu not touch us please pray for my son rocky he is doing great with his personal and professional life 🙏 his job give him financial success praying for him to return back to church and find his faith and get close to me as a mother please pray for my mother Carmella she continue to be blessed with good health and safety 🙏 for my husband Pete and family they rest in eternal peace and watch over us all together praying for my IBS and weight improve I love and trust in you always amen
Jesus; bless everyone that I know and help them get to Heaven. Wash them clean in Your Precious Blood and deliver them from evil. Amen.
Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you your heart's desires.
Dear Jesus, help me to spread Thy fragrance everywhere! Flood my soul with Thy Spirit and Light! Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life may be only a radiance of Thine! Shine through me and be so in me that every soul I come in contact with, may feel Thy Presence in my soul! Let them look up and see no longer me but only Jesus! Amen.
Prayer for my son skylar ,4 years old who is going through behaviour issue. Pray for my son that he is blessed with good health and be blessed child. Thank you st Anthony. Protect us
Lord of Peace, I pray we will not get into a war. The mere thought of our young people going off into battle terrifies me, and I fear we have not learned our lesson from previous conflicts. Please guide our leaders to focus on peaceful resolutions instead of aggression.
Loving God, I thank you for the gift of Eucharistic Adoration, and pray more people will become aware of this devotion.
St. Anthony of Padua pls help us pray for complete healing of KAIA . VELMA
I pray for my mother’s health condition to improve. Oh Lord Jesus, I beg you with all my heart to cure my mother from all the sicknesses and illnesses she has, I trust you Jesus that by your precious blood you will cure her completely and give me a healthy long life. Take away all her suffering, pain, worries, issues, stress and anything that is bothering her, give her a healthy long life and cure her stomach, kidneys and the UTI problem. Please don’t give her any more complications and cure her completely. Mother Mary, Jesus, Holy Spirit, all saints & angels I beg at your feet for miracles and I have complete faith & trust in you all that my mother will be cured completely from all the diseases, problems and difficulties & Will live a healthy, lovely long life. Please hear my cry oh Lord my God and listen & answer all my prayers and petitions. Trust you Jesus & Mother Mary, love you abundantly. Amen
DEar St. Anthony of Padua, pls intercede for us always: we ask for spiritual enlightenment of Mars E & S.P. to settle down * guide their family plan spiritually * provide them responsible house helper * always encourage them to be prayerful & attend mass religiously V
St. Anthony of Padua pls intercede us always, Pls . pray for our family intentions: * good health in our family * spiritual, physical, mental, emotional & psychological , guidance & success of Studies of Jurist G. * spiritual enlightenment of Jason Guardo to pay his obligation to us * smooth, blissful & fruitful retirement * good health ,longlife of Elmer G. * spiritual guidance of Steven & Brandon F. * complete healing of relationship between our family of E & D V
I would like prayer to receive a very great and very special miracle just for me that will completely work in my favor. Thank you.
Please st Anthony pray for a miracle. you know my wants and worries. please whisper into the infant jesus and ask that my prayers be granted soon. thank you G.M
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
make r start working lord please
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 many answered prayers.
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.
Protect my childs uncertain future
Dear Lord, if it be your will help me secure my dream job
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 St. Anthony heal my ears. I'm so grateful for the gift of being able to hear from both ears that I've always had. It is a gift from God. Please don't let that be taken from me. Please plead for me with God for restoration of my ability to hear 100 percent from both ears without any hearing aids, implants or devices of any kind. Let me hear loud and clear as I always had the gift of hearing in both ears. Please St. Anthony let me have that wonderful ability to hear from both ears 100 percent restored to me. Thank you for your intercession with God.
I'm asking to be joined in praying for the swift and safe return of my beloved. He is undergoing a trial of spiritual warfare, and has lost sight of his path. May clarity find him, may truth rise in him. Allow him to find the light so he and his children can safely escape their abuser and return to me.
Please pray that my blood tests come back alright, and that my kidneys are better. Pray for my colon and digestive tract to be better. I have so many health problems, please pray that I don't have to go to the hospital.
My partner and I have been trying to conceive a baby naturally for the past year but have been unsuccessful. Please give us in your prayers that we are able to conceive naturally without having to do IVF. Thank you.
st anthony lord jesus please make things fall into place....please
Bless my child st anthony lord jesus
St. Anthony, please guide me. If Bill and I are meant to share a life, bring healing to our relationship and help us grow in love and understanding. If our paths are not meant to stay intertwined, soothe my heart and give me the strength to release him and move forward with peace.
Continued recovery for my sister. Amen
Dear Lord, I pray for a job having a good culture, with good people, a short commute, that's a good fit for the talents You have blessed me with. & that pays really well. Thank You for everything. Amen
Please let my husband get his green card appointment notification soon and it be approved quickly.
Please pray for me that the pain that I am experiencing in my joints and my left arm. Goes away and please pray that my MRI comes out good for my illness. Thank you for everything.
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
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.
Prayer for my family ... 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 peace, and tranquility around the world. Amen.
Asking for Prayers to be cancer Free & for my lungs to function again with out the use of oxygen and for my body to be restored to good health . Please heal me
I would like to humbly pray for the prayerful intercession of Saint Anthony for my mother, Florence. She has an ultrasound appointment tomorrow for follow up from a past mammogram. We are praying that the area in question is not cancer and if it is; can be removed, treated and cured. All things through Christ Our Lord. Thank you!
Lord Jesus, I am filled with fear. Please help me resolve and pay off all my debts. Amen 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Dear Jesus.please get my loan.please let the phone calls night get disappeared.let all boy friends get disappeared.let no relationship or affair start.let relationships get attached and join in love.let issues get solved immediately and go for london immediately.let operation get success.let them accept.let no man cut the relationships.let character behaviour get transformed.let expenditure become less.pour abundant blessings and miracles.i believe and trust in you Amen.
Take care of us
Benjamin will get a job at the Pines Camp for the summer.
We would like to ask for prayers for my husband Michael that his compensation will be approved by God in the system that there is no barriers, and that Michael will have his surgery on one hand at a time soon in the year for Carpal tunnel. Please pray that his surgery's on each hand will be successful and his recovery. Thank you so much. Karen D. Michael's wife.
Please pray that my grandson gets well. He's burdened with autism and epilepsy. His medication has so many side effects. He gets tired so often. Please also pray for my son to get well or even seek help. Please pray for my girlfriend's granddaughter who is not thinking clearly. Please may her parents not get divorced. Please pray for my sister-in-law who has diabetes and a weak heart. Please pray for Brittney because her cancer has spread.
Hello We would like to ask for prayers for Lisa & Tucker. Please pray for them that God will directly tell them where to move in Canada. Wherever that is in Canada they would like to take a trip there in early February as when they return home they will put their house up for sale. Thank you so much for your prayers. Much appreciated. Karen D. A very close friend.
Dears, please pray for healing of my intestine and relief from persistent abdominal pain.. 🙏 😟
That I may be healed of all my body and that I can be strong like saint Joseph and for my wife to tell me her truth
Lord I surrender myself and Aqvil in your hands. Please be the center of our relation with hold. Just bless it with your grace. Please allow our friendship to grow deeper and deeper in your love and let us see each other with your love. Please Lord remove all obstruction that block our path of friendship and that defile our relation. Please touch our hearts and fill it with your immense love. Forgive our sins lord. Lord never leave our side. Please change mine and Aqvils heart and make it ever new with your love and compassion. Remove all my negative thinking that come in my path and in path of this relationship.Thank you Jesus, Praise you lord Jesus. Amen
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. St. Jude, please pray for our family. Thank you.
St Anthony - please let me hear something back quick. IJNIP. Amen. LV
Saint Anthony, I humbly seek your help in strengthening my faith. Please intercede on my behalf for the blessings I am requesting. Assist my daughter and her boyfriend, guiding ... Grant them fulfilling and successful work, and most importantly, draw them closer to our Heavenly Mother, our Father, and Their Son, Jesus. Additionally, please pray for all those I have promised to remember in my prayers, helping them find the answers they seek. Also, support everyone who has no one to pray for them... Bless the young people around the world, especially those I know. Keep them safe from harm and steer them closer to our Lord. Pray for the souls in purgatory. Especially the ones on my list and Julie Megan’s family. Finally, I ask for your assistance with my finances—help me settle my debts, repair what is needed, and grant me the opportunity to undertake a pilgrimage to Guadalupe.
Please pray for Abby that she finds success and happiness at her new job.
I got a summons for Jury Duty and I am having extreme anxiety over it and it would also cause a financial hard ship for me to go please pray the Lord has favor and excuses me from being called.
Oh holy st Anthony please bless me and be with me in my new job Thank you for blessing me and granting favours
Lord have mercy on us
Brothers and Sisters in Christ, please pray for my health. Please let my appointment go well on Thursday. Please dear Jesus, protect me from all evil and let me live a long and prosperous life. Protect me from my anxiety that is making everything worse. In your Holy Name I pray. Amen.🙏
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