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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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Deliverance from this job, it's toxic culture & people. Thank You Amen.
Complete healing & recovery for my sister E. Amen
Deliverance to a better job. This one is the pits. Amen
My sister's operation went well & she is resting comfortably & recovering. I pray that she's able to come home soon. Thank You Lord!!
Deliverance and liberation of my family my husband and I. The boys to be priests. Family intentions.
Lord please put some sense into sibling .Please Lord
ST ANthony please protect us
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.
Dear Lord, have pity on us
Lord, for whatever reason, although my job interview went well they chose not to offer me the role. I pray dear Father for an opportunity as good or better to present itself so that I may be delivered from the toxic atmosphere that I am currently in. Thank You for everything Amen.
deliverance from this toxic work environment particularly especially from the olmes amen
Healing & recovery for my sister E. Amen
Take care of us
please make the lesson go well dear lord
LOrd please bless us make things fall in to place
LOrd please bless us make things fall in to place
Please pray for me and my family and friends we thank God for life we pray for his divine mercy 🙏
please help, my neighbor is actively killing me - please pray i go to heaven or someone stops him tonight. thank you
I have cancer that has spread all over I am asking for a miracle be it from a doctor or from the devine but if that is not possible then I ask that God would end my life quickly so that I would not have to suffer this agony any longer. Thank you.
Father; Deliver me from everyone and everything that would interfere with and interrupt my sleep in any way, shape, or form. Banish them as far away as possible. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you.
Father; Help my caregivers to understand and accept that roughly three weeks ago I was stuck in our over heated laundry room for six hours doing my laundry, because of malfunctioning washing machines. By the time I finished both of my hands were numb and tingling. While the left hand recovered in twenty four hours, the right hand has been getting worse the longer it takes to get my laundry done. I am not happy about this. Amen.
Thanksgiving for prayers answered. For faith, peace, and healing. For safe travels. May work and school go well. That my wife's and families' medical consults and treatments go well. May the pre-clinical trial subjects stay healthy. St. Anthony, please pray for us.
Please continue to pray for our friend Dennis, who teaches our Adult Study class at Church. He is in White Plains, NY, in a super rehab facility. They went there for Thanksgiving and are not able to make it home yet.
Please pray that my liver results come back negative. Lord, help me to surrender to your will and trust in you plans for me.
Blessed be St Michael the arc angel, St Gabriel, St Raphael, St Chamuel, St Jophiel, St Zadkiel, St Uriel ,St Ariel, St Raziel, blessed be all the saints,martyrs,apostles,disciples,all the angels and spirits in the entire Universe and beyond. Blessed be all the governing forces in the entire Universe and beyond. Blessed be my Guardian angels, blessed be all the angels of my family members and near and dear ones,blessed be the guiding and governing angels at my work place and all the God's and other forces in the entire Universe.
Father; Deliver me from those who lack a strong work ethic. Banish them far away from me. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Dear Lord Please Help Amen Thank You
Father; Deliver us all from those who lack a strong moral compass. Banish them as far away as possible. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Father; Deliver me from those who lack a strong moral compass. Banish them far away from me. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Dear St Anthony, Please watch over everyone that I love and keep them happy, healthy and safe. Especially watch over my husband John and my son Sean. My sister Maryann needs a miracle as she battles with a severe infection after surgery- please help her heal. Thank you for all you do.
St Anthony pray for me. Please pray the cancer in my body is healed, my health restored and I can resume a normal life where I can take care of my family and serve the Lord. Amen
Dear St. Anthony, please help me again, bless me with good medical news tomorrow and at all doctors' appointment coming up. Please let me find out I'm doing well and nothing is wrong. Please help John S. recover enough to go home before Christmas. Bless my entire family with health and safety always. Thank you for all prayers and blessings answered.
Ryan and Michael might get reinstated and get their jobs back this week. Holy Spirit provides courage and wisdom to the Delaware Secretary of Homeland Security to rule in their favor. We need a miracle from Saint Anthony but we believe that he will intercede for us to make them Troopers again
St Anthony, you are the saint of miracles. PLEASE grant N a favourable and positive reply to his interview. Thanking you always. Mother.
Dear lord. Please heal Mr Mariyappa. (Rev Fr. Arun Santhosh father) He has given his son to serve in you're name. Please heal him from his diabetic and eye vision (blindness) We are upset and lost in this trauma. Kindly pray daily. We have faith in prayers and very soon we would hear a positive health improvement.
Please pray that my life ends ASAP, preferably peacefully & painlessly. I want my pain & fear to end.
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.
St. Anthony - please protect and keep safe J & D. Keep them healthy and safe. Please let J respond soon so I don't worry about him. IJNIP. Amen. LV
In blessed repose, O Lord, grant eternal rest to the Souls of Jeff P, Jo Ann B, Bob K, all in our history, those who prayed here but have passed, their families, ancestors, and descendants and make their memory to be eternal! Memory eternal!
please pray for my Dad who is recovering from pneumonia and will now be undergoing a heart surgery on the 12th this month for a bypass and replacement. Thankyou.
Eternal rest grant unto Tina-Marie, Chris, Georgette, Ann, Leo, Irene, William, others previously prayed for, those who prayed here but have passed and their families, ancestors, and descendants O Lord, and let the perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen
For the recognition of profesional merits.
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 pray for our 16 year old dog Bamby he’s been suffering from cancer last two years and his condition has worsened - he’s eating very less , sleeping full day, lost a lot of weight . Please pray to our Good Lord that he doesn’t suffer and is always reminded of the love we have given him . And for the Lord to heal him if it be his will . And to give us strength whatever his will may be . Thank you Jesus Praise you Jesus
Jesus; Stella Park is recovering from surgery. Please bless her and make her well again and return her safely home to us. Amen.
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
Give brains to R dear saint anthony
LORD Put some sense into sibling and make her show the world shesa strong independant woman
LORD Put some sense into sibling and make her show the world shesa strong independant woman
Dear Lord please make the lesson go well ...
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 Jesus Precious Blood and deliver them from evil. Amen.
Father; Help me to fulfill my obligations in the best way possible. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Father; Thank You for today. Help us all to 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.
Every weapon fashioned against you shall fail; every tongue that brings you to trial you shall prove false.
That through Jesus Christ and with His help, I win.
Do not fear, Abram! I am your shield; I will make your reward very great.
Blessed be Abram by God Most High, the creator of heaven and earth; And blessed be God Most High, who delivered your foes into your hand.
I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you. All the communities of the earth will find blessing in you.
1. My father and an uncle in my church have suffered from prostate cancer with a Gleason Score of 9. Pray for healing for both of them. 2. The project I'm affiliated with will be terminated in 2027, I will lose my job and become unemployed, and I need God to make a way for me.
Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word." Then the angel departed from her.
pray for benign test on dec 22 and no recurrence. ty
St Anthony St Carlos and mother Mary please pray and answer my prayers 🙏 for my son rocky he is doing great with his personal and professional life and prayers for him to be healthy safe patient and happy praying he be healthy and safe while traveling for his job praying he get a raise soon and return back to church praying for my mother Carmella she is doing great with her health and safety and keeping her happy please pray for my husband Pete and family they rest in eternal peace and watch over us all together praying for my IBS and weight to improve I love and trust in you always amen
My daughter Anthea and her daughter, my granddaughter Dianne, are flying back from Kuala Lumpur tonight. May God protect their flight, and may they reach home safely to be reunited with the family.
Visit, Lord, Safeway Store #557 and drive out the deadly power of the evil one. May Thy holy Angels dwell here to keep us in peace, and may Thy blessings be always upon us. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Please pray for favor and progress at work and career in spite of resistance due to values. There is a coworker who is causing issues and chaos with the superiors ignoring and not fixing the problem.
Jesus; bless all of our Altar Servers here and help them learn quickly. Amen.
Jesus; Make me a great Saint for Your glory. Amen.
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 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. Please intercede for me. Thank you for past intercessions. Thank you for so 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.
St. Anthony help me please to emerge from this mess and apartment that took so much from my life with complete victory and restoration. Plead for me please for a beautiful, blessed by God, miracle of a happy, new home where I'm surrounded by happiness and joy. 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.
Lord please make sp repent for his sharp words make him understand the wound he causes
Dear Lord please bless my child & me
St. Antony praying meena sebastian for not able to sleep at night.
Give us this day our daily bread. Prayers for those who are experiencing difficult times during this time. May God give them peace and strength each and every day.
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 pray that our beloveded dog lily's gentle soul is in heaven. so that we her family will all be reunited with her in heaven for all eternity .we miss her so so much every day lord please look after her for us she was my best and only friend thank you. Please pray for my eldest daughters health please look after her for us always thank you Please pray that my youngest daughters relationship will end very soon. that the person in question will leave her very soon. please pray she will not move out of the family home. please pray for a end to this situation quickly thank you. Please pray for me as i am not well at present due to my youngest daughters behaviour thank you for all your prayers for us. GM
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
Lord put in some sense into sibling , please receiving complaints from family that she is embarassing the family , make her be a strong independant woman
Please pray that my beloved call me immediately breaking the silence and bridging the distance he has put between us.Please God strengthen the bonds of love between us by breaking his bondage to other people and addictions.He is cruel and unkind with his word. Proud, vengeful, callous in his actions. May the fear of God overwhelm and make him be bound to the commitment we made to each other with responsibility and accountability May he want what we built together over so many years more than the distractions available now. So worried we may lose it all unless we choose each other again.
Thanksgiving for prayers answered. For faith, peace, and healing. For safe travels. May work and school go well. That my wife's and families, medical consults and treatments go well. May the pre-clinical trial subjects stay healthy. St. Anthony, please pray for us.
That my son Jeff and his wife Sara will have their marriage blessed in the Church.
Prayer for my family, ...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.
Dear ST Anthony please please save us
Please Saint Antony I pray in Jesus name No harm comes to my family or myself B voices stop. Drug use stops. Healed mentally and physically K wins court case. Keeps full custody. Judge rules in her favor. GAL is in her favor Only supervised visits for C and phone calls as is. C back out and there is no trial R and K have strong relationship no drinking M gets job and place for him and A. No china trip no drugs and alcohol M conceives no more drinking for z Safe birth and delivery for baby and mother D cancer stays in remission Help to cover bills Thank you for prayers answered.
For my sister E. Amen
Prayers for the right new job. The culture & people where I am are toxic & I need to get out. Father, You know the details. Thank You for everything. Amen
Thank You for everything Lord. Amen
I've become a wee bit burnout from work so I'm taking a cruise vacation with family, but the burnout makes me vulnerable to anxiety, and flying on a plane & stuck on a boat for 1 week away from my comfort-zone makes me nervous about potential anxiety; prayer for emotional stability & peace, rest & recharge, trust in God (stepping beyond my comfort zone).
Praying all bloodwork results will be normal
Father; Free me from everything that does not come from You. Amen.
A good night's sleep to all.
It's been nearly 8 years since my Mom passed away. Things are ok, just different. I ask for the Lord's blessings of health, healing. wisdom, guidance, the right new job where I can sustain & pay off this mortgage (keeping the family home) offer my siblings their portion & live a long happy healthy, holy(blessed)safe, prosperous Christian life at this residence. Thank You for everything. Amen
For my family, friends & special intentions.. the right new job . The one I have is stifling , low paying & the people/culture are toxic. (You know the details) . I pray for health, healing without any major procedures, for happiness, spirituality, love, safety, a long life with prosperity so I may continue to do Your work. To obtain the monies I need to bring everything together & own my family home outright so my siblings may have their portion & I can live there happily within our means, without a huge expense. Perhaps by Your will, at this time of my life I may be blessed to share love with a good woman. Thank You for everything Lord. Amen.
This afternoon, my brother brought my sister E. to the hospital for her surgery. I pray she has a successful procedure without any complications, issues, concerns or side effects of any kind. Please guide the doctor's hand so she is blessed with a swift recovery & return to good health with many more years of continued good health. Thank You for everything Lord. 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.
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