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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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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.
Lord please heal us bless us make this day go well
I’m Ashley. Hope to buy some things online without my parents being nosy or interfering. Hope to buy them before they run out. My dad Al is sick and needs surgery, hope he survives it. My mum Glenda is mentally sick (has been worse for many months, and of course I help and will help (long story)) but worry about my own wellbeing.
Punyala najn eraguva
Dear St. Anthony, thank you for your blessings and miracles. If it is your will, please help me with the financial burden I carry. Assist me in finding the resources to pay my corporation tax and settle all my debts. Please allow me to continue working and to help students from now until August. Thank you ❤️ Amen ❤️
Take care of us
Please help me hear from Liz so I know that they’re okay! Please keep them safe and help them to be happy and to thrive
PLEASE PRAY I AM UNABLE TO EAT BECAUSE OF ACID REFLUX I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING NOTHING HELPS
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.
Dear Father, Please Pray That Richie Gets More Security Work Hours At The Hotel And/Or More Work Hours At The Church. Thank You For Your Prayers.
I come before you with heavy heart. W & W got accepted for apt now no job. W applying for jobs this weekend please pray gets one
My name is praveena and I m student freelancer consultant and currently we are facing challenges with my student sai chekri and sai chakri paid bank fee finally and need pay university fee as well and we are mid of application process please plray should listen to be and all the process should go well and my mother need to get 30000 Indian currency medical refund money please pray we should receive itself and please pray me and mother rosemary always should have good relationship healthy and strong and understand always...amen and kindly pray for my new remote job with 50000 salery and my eyesight should completely healed and night vision should increase more more amen a and my friend swati is angry on me please pray swati should say sorry to me and she should continue to do friendship with me and me and brother is looking peaceful separation so that we both live happily in different places please pray for peaceful separation from my brother Prashanth today itself amen and also for may intake 30 successfully student visas for coventry university i should do target and 30 student abroad loans also should be done .please pray for everyday I should get geniue students loyal and trust worthy and very good students i should get and mybusiness should grow miraculously amen and please pray for i m always should be protected from all unwanted situations and unwanted people every second of my life.jesus please solve all problems in my life I will come back and give testimony here...
Marriage for jessie and family health
Saint Anthony, our patron saint of miracle, please intercede on behalf of myself and my loved ones, safeguarding us from evil 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. Especially the ones on my list.
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
Lord please make this day go well..
please helpnua get a large cash windfall so we can keep our business. praise st anthony.
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
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.
Lord please heal me of this chest pain and make everything go smoothly ...
Please pray for healing for my son Jonah''s heals, my wife Erin's back and knee and my chronic low back issues.
Dear Lord Please Help Amen Thank You
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 that my daughter Harini is totally and completely cured of her kidney disease and is able to bear children in the mighty name of Jesus Please pray that my grand daughter is the most beautiful and healthy baby in the entire world in the name of Jesus Please pray for perfect health, peace and prosperity of my son, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, wife, mother and myself in the name of Jesus Please pray for a new job that Jesus may help me find either as a Project Manager or Scrum Master or Remote online Pray for my mothers’s health with no issues or suffering in Jesus name. Please play for total recovery of my mother‘s dental bleeding, total healing of her knee pain and all other health issues, in the mighty mighty mighty name of Jesus Perfect hundred percent health for Vasu and myself without absolutely any issues in the mighty mighty name of Jesus, Thanks for the answered prayer of total recovery of sister Indira’s cancer in the mighty mighty name of Jesus. Make the CT scan issue of Vasu and mine vanish in the name of Jesus. Pray for total recovery of my MRI scan issue in the name of Jesus. Pray for absolutely no immigration issues for Vasu and for my Mother in the name of Jessus
prayers for all.
Father; Help me get everything done that I need to do today. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Lord please make this day go well...please protect us..
please pray for hannamarie age 13 has cerbalsy and take s seizures our lady and jesus all the saint s heal hannamarie
We know that Christ, raised from the dead, dies no more; death no longer has power over him.
Thanking the Holy Spirit for prayers answered/Holy Spirit you who make me see everything and showed me the way to reach my ideals. You who gave me the Divine gift to forgive all the wrong that was to me, and you who are in all instances in my life. I want to Thank You for everything and confirm with you once I never want to be separated from you no matter how great the material desire may be,I want to be with you and my love ones in your perpetual glory. Amen
St Anthony and St Carlos and St Bernadette and mother Mary st Joseph padre pio and all the saints please pray for me my mother Carmella and my son rocky 🙏 we all are happy healthy safe and patient praying for my mother Carmella she continue to be blessed with good health and safety praying for her valve surgery to be done and successful praying for my son rocky he is doing great with his personal and professional life 🙏 he return back to church and keep him safe and healthy while traveling for his job praying for my husband Pete and family they rest in eternal peace and watch over us all together praying for my self I remain calm and healthy I love and trust in you and all the saints amen
Dear St. Anthony, thank you for blessing me with good surgical procedures last week, all went well. I am begging you to please intercede for me with our Lord and allow for the blessing of negative pathology results. I am so afraid to hear it, please let everything be normal.
Jesus; Give me the strength to get through this day. In Your Name. Amen.
Dear Lord please make the day go well..
I pray deeply for my physical, mental, and emotional health. Please heal my headaches, arm pain, discomfort in both shoulders and hands, throat and neck pain, chest issues, and spinal problems. Free me from weakness, limitations, and laziness, and grant me peace, strength, and resilience. Protect me.
My uncle, Ed L, is close to death after heart surgery. Please pray a Divine Mercy Chaplet for him.
Praise the lord, My name name is Kalyani and she is widow and she lives with 2 kids joy and joe in united kingdom 🇬🇧 on work permit till 2029 .yesterday new management changed and please pray my sister job should be safe and her salery should increase and management should be happy with her job until her visa 2029.please pray for this miracle and I have offline skill programm on 25-04-2026,2-5-2026,9-5-2026 i need to travel to different place...please pray for either this classes should be online or canceled. Please pray for my friend Ravi and harsha is planning for wedding for January 2027 but they parents are planning now.kindly pray their marriage should be 2027 only .I will share my testimony and also pray for my sister Kalyani should be health happy healed everyday.
Thanksgiving for favors received Irene has her healthy baby born . Mother and baby doing well. Thank you baby Jesus andSt Anthony. Thank you friars and sisters praying for my intentions. 🙏🙏🙏Thank you Jesus praise you Jesus and Hallelujah.
Dear St Anthony, I pray to you and ask for my full body health. I pray that my anxiety issues all go away. I pray no more pain, worry or suffering. I pray that my hormones get on track and my body feels amazingly better. I pray that I can eat, sleep, work, workout, shop and do my everyday things with ease and happiness. I pray that you can make my boyfriend Stuart York see and feel deep inside him that I am a wonderful, loving , beautiful perfect person and that he loves me more than anyone in his life. I pray he wants to do everything and anything to keep me happy. I pray for a better relationship with him that he treats me with respect. Thank you, Lisa D
Saint Anthony, our patron saint of miracle, please intercede on behalf of myself and my loved ones, safeguarding us from evil 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. Especially the ones on my list.
Lord please save us
Prayers for the right new job. Father, where I am is the pits. Amen
For the prayers & petitions of everyone posting here. Amen
That I find a good Catholic man.
Continued prayers & blessings for my sister E Amen Thank You Lord
For the right new job. Amen
I pray that God will fix my heart and prepare me for a relationship. I pray that God will blesses me with the relationship that I have prayed for.
For healthy, undisturbed sleep, we pray. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Please pray, I am really struggling mentally/emotionally. I'm unemployed and am stuck at home, can't go anywhere as I don't have a bus pass or money to do anything. I'm completely isolated as I have no family and my friends have excluded me because I can't afford to do anything.
Dear st anthony please be with us today. Please ask God to hold my husband’s temper and may not my relatives and visitors feel indifference from my husband. All these i ask in the holy name of Papa Jesus. Amen
For Anthony, who is in desperate need of a job.
Take care of us
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.
prayer for a leader to step down typically focuses on asking for divine intervention to bring about a change in leadership for the sake of justice, peace, and the betterment of the country. Such prayers often ask for wisdom, truth to prevail, and the strengthening of democratic institutions . Lord, we lift up all nations torn by conflict. Please protect the innocent, comfort those who grieve, and turn the hearts of leaders toward peace. calm the storm of war and bring lasting safety to our world. we trust in your mercy. ... Our situation looks dire. Criminality and drug use are on the rise. The streets are not safe, especially for women and children. Some police officers are brutal, rude, and disrespectful. Even lawmakers are abusive and arrogant. Filipinos are divided by ideology and politics. People fear the return of authoritarianism and dictatorship in the country’s governance. ...
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.
Pray for me happiness
For my daughter to find that special someone who will help her on her Catholic faith journey. For my grandbabies to be baptized in the Catholic faith. For my nephew and his family to be reunited with the family.
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, I lift up my brother to you, Bring truth to light, for There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. Soften the hearts of those around him. Give his attorneys a desire to act with inspiration and diligence, for Whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord. Open the doors that no man can shut, and as You did for Peter, when the prison doors opened of their own accord. Find him in the darkness, Lord. Restore his mind, for God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you. Be near to him and let him know that You will never leave him nor forsake him. In Jesus’ name, Amen
TBless 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.
For the healing and protection of my grandmother Josefina B.
Dearest St Anthony, Please right the wrong that was done against my son Sean and his family and bring them the happiness they deserve. Please bestow a miracle onto them.
Father; Help me with my banking. Help me with my check book, debit card, and budget. Bless all that I have so that it is always more than enough. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Father; Help me with my shopping. Help me with my check out and payment. Help me find what I want and need while I am in the store today. Help me get everything that I buy regularly at the lowest possible price. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Today on this good Friday please st Anthony st Carlos mother Mary st Bernadette st Joseph padre pio please pray and answer my prayers for my son rocky and myself and my mother Carmella praying for all of us to be happy healthy safe and patient praying for my son rocky he is doing great with his personal and professional life and prayers for him to be blessed with financial success and return back to church please pray for my mother Carmella she continue to be blessed with good health and safety while waiting for successful valve surgery please let the surgery go smoothly praying for my husband Pete and family they rest in eternal peace and watch over us all together praying for myself I remain calm and strong with everyday issues I love and trust in you always and all the saints 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.
please pray for thomas and noreen to get a home there looking for pray for estate agent to let them rent this house to thomas and noreen our lady and jesus all the saints and saint jude saint anthony help them
Please pray for me to get my freelancer visa as, I and my husband living separately, I struggle hard to take care of my kid who is 10 yrs.Please pray for me to get a job abroad. Please pray to bring back my husband as holy man and fear of God. Lord, please pray for my brother to get good life partner and to have good hearted towards me and my kid. Please pray for my mother to know about lord jesus and read bible without whole hearted and accept Jesus as lord. Please pray for my daughter to write annual exam well and obedient and know about lord.
Lord please make this day go well
Lord God almighty help me to secure a good job they are not impressed by me I am suffering from bad health ,no please help me being alone in this world I am having suicidal thoughts too Thank you
Praise the lord I m praveena from India.i have debits to clear around 17 lakhs (17,00,000) as of now I m jobless last 3 years .kindly pray for protection from all legal advisors calls and recovery people and my phone contacts should be save.i m asking asking many years to solve this problem.please someone miraculously helps me to close all payments and debits ..I will share my testimony. Please I need this miracle...it's been 3 years now I can't bare more...mental tension...mental trauma...I m sinner I know please ask god to solve financial problems for one last time...please please please
Thank you, Lord Jesus Christ, thank you.
Dear St Anthony, I need your prayers for a purchase on a home to be canceled. Please pray for intervention that another person out bids our offer and we are released from contract. This is a devastating situation that needs urgent prayer for release from contract. Thank you
Dear Lord save 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.
Please pray that Susan may be healed of her mental illness and that she may be able to live outside the hospital with professionals who care about her and other patients and are equipped to handle their needs. Please pray that she will receive the right treatments.
in Jesus name , I declare protection over my businesses essences, my businesses entities ,my businesses formations, my businesses establishments wether spiritual, physical, mental digital, emotional, I declare financial blessing, and the floodgates of heaven open into our life and those who pray for us in Jesus mighty name,
Please make this day go well Lord
For help is, I finish out the school year with my parochial schools as a supervisor. For help with my dog who barks a lot, and he is loud and often unexpected. It hurts my ear sometimes, and I want to retaliate an anger. I wanted to hurt him. Please be with my friend Emma who I think has changed that she’s retired.
For help with debt and my many heart issues
For my mother Julia to be happy again. For her tumors not to grow
Salvation and spiritual guidance for Hannah West. Please pray only in the name of Jesus, Please pray for Hannah Christine West that God will open the eyes of her heart removing the scales. That she will get saved. Helping her no longer have greed over the riches of Babylon including the entertainment industry. Leading her to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. Protecting her from the enemy& spirit of Jezebel and of Babylon including: pride, wrath and sexual immorality. In the past promoted the sexual immorality of the LGBT. This concerned for who she is unequally yoked with because it is written 2 Corinthians 6:14 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? That the Lord Jesus will cut off bad company of relationships that brings bad morals out of her life. That the Lord reconnect us using me as a godly connection that helps her in fellowship to grow in faith. Leading her to forgive others, to love her enemies & bless those who curse you. That Christ will Circumcise her heart to love one another just as Jesus did. Healing her mind to "remember the former things" of the Kingdom of God and helping her see people from the heart as scripture says" Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart."
Saint Anthony, our patron saint of miracle, please intercede on behalf of myself and my loved ones, safeguarding us from evil 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. Especially the ones on my list.
Dear St. Anthony, please pray for the drs to see what is causing my pain on the results of my scan & be able to fix it. Amen
I did my blood work today. Please pray that it comes back perfect. I need to do my infusion to make sure my illness is under control…. Thank you for everything…
Take care of us
Blessed be all the God's of prosperity,wealth,money,protection,peace,power,happiness,health,immunity, abundance,long life,wisdom,knowledge, karma,law,justice,success,luck,chance,lottery, magic,timing,clairvoyance, medicine,arts,science,commerce,trade,business,earth,water,wind,fire,air,sky,space,ether,elements,natural resources,decisions,outcomes,risk,destiny,planetary positions,numbers,statistics,all the God's and governing forces in the entire Universe and beyond. Blessed be God.
My heart is breaking. W got approved for apt. Hasn’t signed lease and today quit job as couldn’t take it as boss so rude granddaughter is heart broken as she was to move tomorrow. I am heart broken for her. Please pray W will get on ball and find job. As K needs it. W is on floor. Please get him a job asap. Lift my worry lift k worry. Make W understand. Amen
Dear St Anthony, Please right the terrible wrong that was done to my son Sean and his living family. The person involved is pure evil- please bestow a miracle onto them to allow joy and happiness to again fill their lives despite the hurtful situation they were put into. Please hear my prayers.
I have been suffering from a form of lust/sexual sin for a very long time- off and on. I am asking from liberation for this
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.
Dear St.please pour miracles on her mobile to get repaired easily and not to reset it and also let it get opened immediately by your miracles. And not make me to spend money to buy new mobile
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