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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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Heather's father was just found to have throat cancer and we could use some prayer for healing and that God's will be done. He doesn't know God and we pray for him to find and accept Jesus.
O Most beautiful Flower of Mt. Carmel, Fruitful Vine, Splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in this my necessity. O Star of the Sea, help me and show me herein you are my mother. O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor me in this necessity. There are none that can withstand your power. O show me herein you are my mother. O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee. Sweet Mother, I place this cause in your hands. Amen.
Please remember Patrick M who was born on this day & Raymond Hartnett who passed away on this day, Thank you.
Dear St Anthony please intercede and pray that doors are opening wide for me today and pray that God is showing up for my help today. Pray that I am chosen today and that miracles are unfolding for me today and that much needed financial blessings are manifesting for me today. Pray that God is blessing my nephew and freeing him from depression and from the thoughts plaguing him. Pray that God is lining up all the help he needs to get better and to be able to function and move forward with his life. Amen
Dear St Anthony please intercede and pray that doors are opening wide for me today and pray that God is showing up for my help today. Pray that I am chosen today and that miracles are unfolding for me today and that much needed financial blessings are manifesting for me today. Pray that God is blessing my nephew and freeing him from depression and from the thoughts plaguing him. Pray that God is lining up all the help he needs to get better and to be able to function and move forward with his life. Amen
Pray for the poor, the sick and the homeless. Also, pray for me and my family to solve our issues (both spiritual and material), please. God bless you all, thank you🙏🏻❤️.
St. Anthony, please let me and my sister be able to fix our phones to prevent battery drain, it is very important. We need our phones for safety and many other things, and we can’t afford new ones at this time. I love you and thank you, Amen
St. Anthony De Padua, please guide me tomorrow for my diabetic training. Give e wisdom knowledge and understanding that i understand how to compute the protocol etc. I will not left behind with other trainees. I can answer correctly. for the safety of school children. Holy Spirt ,Jesus Christ ,God the Father. i surrender everything to you. Thank you for everything. For provision, granting my prayers. Amen.
For Z A’s intentions, keep him Safe and happy. Protect, support and guide him. watch over him protect, support and guide him. Give him peace of mind. I offer this prayer for all his intentions. Thank you Amen
Please hear my prayer. Please let my father Alex and grandparents Margaret and Charles be comfortable and pain free. May they be protected, safe and happy in where they are. May God continue to care for them. They are truly missed, thank you for listening Amen
Please hear my prayer continue to watch over my children and nephew and niece. Give them the strength, guidance, direction, support and protection that they need. Please help them each meet someone now who will treat them well and who will love them, care for them, protect, support and commit to them. Please help them as each want to have their own partner and children. Let this happen soon as possible and let them be happy and content. Please let them be happy and content Amen
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 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. thank you. Please pray for me please help me financially thank you.
Please pray for Baby Catherine. She is in the ICU and needs a miracle. Please also pray for her family.
Please pray for me to be happy again, to have restored friendships and relationships, and for God to protect and bless my life. I once had God's favor over my life. I pray for God's forgiveness and I pray for God's favor over my life again. I pray for every blessing from God and I beg God for God's grace without limit. Please plead for me St. Anthony. Thank you.
Praying for a new home where I'll be happy, a happy and blessed home where happiness surrounds me and is all around me. Please St. Anthony, make this apartment I'm in let go of me for once and for all and let me live. Please break the chains that this apartment seems to have and let me move on from here almost immediately to a happy, blessed home. I am unhappy here and have been for years. Please answer my prayers as I beg God for the miracle of a gorgeous, new home where I'm happy. Please plead for me St. Anthony. I'm ready to move. Please ask God to bless that new home. Thank you St. Anthony.
I request to pray for my mom whose legs are swollen and not able to walk please pray for her to heal her legs so that she can walk without anybody support please pray for her to reduce her swelling in her legs.
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 always be close. Protect us from every evil. Protect us from my ex friend who is a very jealous, very wicked person and consistently comes by my home. Protect me and my child from all those very wicked people. Protect my relationship with my child. Protect us. St. Anthony thank you.
Prayer for my family O Holy St. Anthony, gentlest of Saints, you are known for your love for God and for your miraculous powers. As a protector of families, I humbly ask for your intercession before God for all my loved ones. 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.
A good night's sleep to all.
I would like to ask prayer for healing for Jeff my brother that God would heal his hands and that he would get home soon. Healing for Ronald from pneumonia. Healing for my mom and dad, Anita and Juanito. Thanks and God bless.
Jesus, please heal Jennifer's worrisome heart about a co-worker who may not like her. Please heal their differences and may they work things out. I ask this in Jesus name Amen 🙏🙏🙏
For my family, friends & special intentions. Father, You know the details. Amen
For the prayers & intentions of everyone posting here. Amen
Prayers for good resultsfrom my interview tomorrow (Wednesday) TYL Amen
Thank You for everything Lord! Amen
Thanksgiving for prayers answered. For faith peace and heling. For safe travels. May work and school go well. That my wife's and families, medical consults and treatments go well. May the clinical trial subjects stay healthy. St. Anthony, please pray for us.
Please pray for my relatives in purgatory, my family, my job situation. And for others who need help especially A, E, J and S.
St. Anthony, please make this lesson go well
lord please make things fall into place
Bless my child dear lord
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 St. Anthony, please, please help Colin who has lost his earthly mother and whom I can see is desperately in need of help particularly with his injuries. Console and help him. Let his recent back injury be something minor, that is diagnosed correctly and treated properly. Help him also heal completely from his football knee injury. Help him settle in life, grant him good health & happiness, good sleep, peace of mind, a nice house he can afford that is suitable & good in all respects, job satisfaction, a peaceful home life and genuine appreciation and love from his father. Thank you from the bottom of my heart
I am missing several pieces of jewelry. I have no idea where I’ve hidden them from myself. So I need relief from the obsession. My friend might be having a appendicitis. She will not go to the doctor. She’s making me very angry. And for Tennessee’s seventh district may the holiest people win thank you.
Please be with us during this time and help us to avoid conflict.
For Laura P on her birthday, may the Lord bless her and keep her close to His heart always. May she feel His love, guidance, and protection today and all the days of her life.
Please pray for my grandson, he is 14 and is confused about his gender. He is on the Autism spectrum and is very awkward socially. He is very sensitive about his sexuality and lack of friends. So he has embraced social media for direction. His parents are in a problematic relationship. His mother is the primary care provider but is complicit to his state of mind as long as he is happy. I need prayer for Mateo, for him to breakout of this falsehood. Please ask our lord to reverse his thoughts to a time when he was obedient and found school challenging.
Please pray that my constipation will finally go away and I can feel better. It's making dialysis so much harder for me! Thank you--it helps to think someone might have prayed for me.
Please believe with me and my wife that Thursday our prayers will be answered and she will be pregnant. Thank you and God Bless
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.
Father; Help me sleep well all through the night tonight. Banish insomnia, restlessness, and pain. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Take care of us
I need 200 by tomorrow morning. I have no idea where to get it
Blessed be God,blessed be Infant Jesus,blessed be Our Lady in all her different forms,blessed be all the spirits,saints,apostles,martyrs,all the guardian angels of my life and family members,all the guiding and governing angels and spirits at my work place,all the governing forces in the Universe,all the God's in the entire Universe and beyond. Thunderously praise and glorify Infant Jesus in the entire Universe and beyond
Please pray that my son Jimmy will soon find employment. He has been desperately seeking employment for the past 15 months. He is now awaiting a job offer. Thank you for your praters
Please be in prayerful agreement that AJ (a young man we took in) be reconciled with us an that he release all offense suspicion distrust an hurt bad influences whatever is hindering him from returning home to me and my wife..may he embrace our love for him as a son an my Coaching instruction concerning our training together an discipleship ROOTED in the WORD..may his heart fully open up to us in gratitude and humility and may he now reach out an return home to us free of all hindering spirits.
Dear Lord Please Help Amen Thank You
Prayer to St. Anthony, I intercede to you that my lover may score 70 percentage in the exams he has written for his academic performance in his job. It will overall affect his works grading. I intercede that he scores 70 percentage. In Jesus name i pray, Amen. St. Anthony, pray for us.
Prayer to Our Lady of Mount Carmel O Most beautiful flower of Mount Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in this my necessity. O Star of the Sea, help me and show me herein You are my Mother. O Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth, I humbly beseech You from the bottom of my heart to succor me in this necessity. There are none that can withstand Your power. O show me herein You are my Mother. O Mary conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to Thee. Sweet Mother, I place this cause in Your hands.
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Dear St please help me .let nobody shouldn't have seen my prayers messages please help me.please please ,don't put me in any fault.please please pray for me.Amen
Please pray for shenoda to strengthen my relationship with him, please don't break up this relationship.
Abreo family to have a safe, healthy India vacation, giving ALL Glory to God
Please ley it be your will my mom gets her money back from het dentist. I ask this through Jesus Christ Our Lord and Saviour. Amen
Please pray for me to get the job, I interviewed for, I really need a job, Thank you for your prayers.
Thank you Lord for being in my life. I ask you Lord to help me navigate mental health issues and persecution. I also ask you to give me wisdom in taking important decisions that affects me and my family. I ask you Lord to help me be a mirror of your light in all aspects of my life and if I can't become a sister then to be at your service until the end of my life.
Praise be to Jesus Christ. Please pray for my Wife Mabruka, so that she will believe in Jesus as the Son of God and our Lord. For the grace of Jesus i came back to the Lord after i was the last 3 years far from him. I am married to my Wife but just civilian, not sacramental until now and my Wife muslim and she is pregnant in the 9th month, we will have a girl. Please pray for us and for my Wife, that the holy spirit will send her the needed grace and gift and that our beloved Mother marry will take her as Her daughter and will guide her to Jesus. Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart, Philipp
Saint Anthony, please assist me in strengthening my faith and overcoming the anxiety that trials bring. Help me to place complete trust in our dear Lord, just as you did. Pray for my daughter and her boyfriend as they battle their addictions. ... Please support those I have promised to pray for, guiding them toward positive solutions in their struggles. Watch over the youth of the world, especially those I know. Protect them from evil and lead them to discover our Lord, our blessing, Mother Mary, and her Son Jesus. Keep in your care the souls in purgatory, particularly those on my list. Today, I especially remember Jenifer, who passed away yesterday. Intercede for all who have no one to pray for them, whether they are living or departed. Finally, please assist me with my financial needs.
Samuel: he pass his academic exam
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
My daughter Amrita needs permission to go abroad Tomorrow we are going to the head office to get permission Please help and not forsake us Lord Please bless her and let her get the permission
please make the lesson go well lord
Dear Lord please grant justice to my parents
Please pray for me to reconcile with Katarina. Please also pray I get the job I recently interviewed for. For Martin and Niky and their healing, for world leaders to lead as Jesus would. Bless you.
Thank you St Anthony for miracle received pls bless me in new job and joining on time In Jesus name I pray amen
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.
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 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
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.
Lord, thank you for the mercy and blessings you have shown me. Brothers and sisters , please continue to pray for a better job opportunity and financial situation. Lord, grant me the wisdom to recognize it when it is offered.
My ex-husband Eric is in the hospital with extreme pneumonia and is on the ventilator, and has been for a couple of weeks. Pray that he is healed, comes out of this, and gets better soon. Thank you
Dad, Mom, all Grandparents, Family Members, Relatives and Friends; pray for me and for my intentions.
Please intercede for us that we find very important paperwork as soon as possible. Please pray for my mother's memory and for my own organization. Please pray my father is patient with all of us.
st anthony please bless my whole fly & give us all peace at all times. pls bless my son C to get his pr status approved -pls bless my 3 children C,M,& S to get a good loving catholic life partner to settle down in their life- bless their jobs and their fututre - please bls us st anthony my wife M& mysefl c to bless our job and bless us finance miracle blessing to have a own house -have mercy on us and make a way for us happy retirement life- bless my sponor L& G touch their heart peace of mind and good health-keep us under your care ,grant us peace of mind & happy life help us to start a big business in canada. protect us all from visible & inviisble enemies - thankyou st anthony whisper in jesus ears a very big miracle for us soon. have mercy on us and make us pls a miracle change blessing amen amen amen
That science benefits the common good. It helps everyone. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
✝️JMJ Praying for repentance/conversion of family/church/world and end to all wars For Holy Spirit love and eternal life with JMJ For healing of all illnesses especially those affecting myself/family/friends Holy Souls pray for us. For all the unemployed especially Shawn/Ivan. Special petitions for family/myself/friends All prayers in Jesus Name Thank you JMJ for all blessings Our Lady of Lourdes/Good Health pray for us St Anne/St Anthony/St Faustina /all Saints pray for us Jesus mercy.
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.
Deliverance and liberation of my family my husband and I. Family intention. The boys to be priests.
St Anthony, Today I hope your prayers and mine help heal and change the course of my daughter’s life. May her hopes and dreams come true bringing her back her daughter from a narcissistic exhusband/father who has manipulated and lied to their daughter causing great emotional pain and heartache. May her start of a new successful career fly high and bring financial independence to support both herself and daughter. Let Gods light and love shine on them healing and walking together. Thank you
Greetings in jesus name. Please pray for me. My health, safety, money and future marriedge. For me to do well at work, business and never to lack money. To be on top achieve good things. Get passport and travel. Not to be poor my mom, sihle, viwe in jesus name. Remove spiritual husband. Albert and lee juju balahlwe ngabantu babo. Pray for my eye sight.
Thank you for another day! Please help us help others and remain faithful. Please help me find economic solvency for my family. Amen!
St Anthony and St Carlos 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 son rocky he is doing great with his personal and professional life and prayers for him to return back to church and continue to find his faith praying for my son rocky to get a raise at his job praying for him to be safe this Sunday while he travels for work praying for my mother Carmella she is doing great with her health and safety praying today she has a good cardiologist report praying for my husband Pete and family they rest in eternal peace and watch over us all together I love and trust in you always and all the saints please pray my IBS and weight improve amen
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. Please pray my oldest makes an A on his physics test next week and that he enrolls at an in state college.
Thank you, Father, for what you bring us. Blessed be Your Name.
For Ruth's appointment to go well and for her and everyone in the office to be safe, protected, and healthy through it all. For the health, healing and protection of Amy, Ruth, Walt, Mike, Justin's office, and Krysten and Chris. In Jesus's Name. Amen,.
Lord please make this day go well
Dear St Anthony please intercede and pray that doors and opportunities are opening for me today and that abundance is flowing to me today like a flood. Pray that my nephew gets the help he needs and that the right professionals, medication and therapy are lining up for him now. Amen
Thank you for save travels during the holiday. Please let me and my family have a long, healthy, happy and holy life. Help my children find happiness especially my children
Humbly ask for prayers for the healing of my father John from a disease of the spine, bones, and joints, so that he can walk without pain. For the soul of my mother, Jane, and the deceased family members. For healing from illness, proper employment, and kind people at work. May God bless you. Grace
Dear Saint Anthony Please 🙏🏻 for my dear friend Cynthia P who is in hospital to recover from her illness, get back home for her 80th birthday. 🙏🏻 🙏🏻
Please pray for me for wisdonm, knowledge and understanding on my Diabetic training this week. I will know how to comptute ,know the insulin pump and 20/20 rule for the safety of the student when handling diabetic care. Please holy spirit. Help me to understand the training easily. Amen
Lord please pray for my personal relationship with my partner. Touch him that he will be loyal and faithful to me. Please touch his heart to be honest with me . And avoid him from temptation . We always had misunderstanding. Please pray for financial miracle so that i could pay all my debts, support my family and repair our house in my country. Protect me from car accident and give me courage to drive again. Amen.
Please pray for my safety, guidance as a school nurse. Give me wisdom as i rendered services to school children. Please touch and heal them . I pray that tomorrow . Daniel and Angel will not have seizure at school tomorrow until friday. Heal them Lord. No head injury, no Asthma, No choking, No allergic reaction, No anaphylaxis , No drugs. Make them healthy so that they will not go home and no students will come to health office tomorrow. They will enjoy learning. Thank you for hearing my prayers . In Jesus Name
* Bobby – Divine intervention – he be healed from all cancer. * Liz – Stabilize breathing and sleeping. * Lisa – Having knee replacement surgery today ...May our Lord guide the medical team and her Guardian Angel be with her and calm her anxiety. *Tino – 40 yr old – had epileptic attack / checked and found brain cancer- that cancer be subdued – next test show brain is free of cancer. ... * Daniel – Stop smoking. Be called and hired by company job he applied for.... * Self – Left eye discomfort – Healing of head/ brain/ skull dizziness. ... Thank you.
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 please lord 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 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 thank you . Please pray for me financially please help me thank you.
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
Praying for a new home where I'll be happy, a happy and blessed home where happiness surrounds me and is all around me. Please St. Anthony, make this apartment I'm in let go of me for once and for all and let me live. Please break the chains that this apartment seems to have and let me move on from here almost immediately to a happy, blessed home. I am unhappy here and have been for years. Please answer my prayers as I beg God for the miracle of a gorgeous, new home where I'm happy. Please plead for me St. Anthony. I'm ready to move. Please ask God to bless that new home. Thank you St. Anthony.
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