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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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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
Deliverance from this upcoming & any future obligation of jury duty. Amen
Lord please rescue us from this mess..
Dearest St. Anthony, I have so many problems, health problems, and financial. Please help me and give me a sign that things will be OK.. Please help me.
Master, we surrender 2 daughters’ happy settlement in their lives, our 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.
St Antony, please take me out of tensions. Give me strength to take care of my kids. Protect my job and visa and my kids Swedish language national test
Take care of us
Saint Francis de Sales; pray for me.
Thank you Jesus, Mary and Joseph for getting Nathan his dream job. May his family come back to Jesus by this miracle. God Bless Franklin and his company
SHANANSHAI MEILA MORE SHIRO AMEN DINK XXXX MIRACLE MIRACLE
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.
For the health and protection of the uteruses of the female laity. I don't necessarily think that there is a problem, but I don't think that prayer hurts.
Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give thanks for your great glory, Lord God, Heavenly King, O God, Almighty Father.
I have severe depression and anxiety and I’m in a great deal of pain. I’m struggling to function. Please pray that I can get out of bed.
Please pray that my daughter Harini gets totally and completely cured of her kidney disease, and is able to bear children in the mighty, mighty name of Jesus. Pray for health, peace, prosperity and well-being of my Son, Daughter, Son-In-Law, Daughter-In-Law, Wife, Mother and myself, in the name of Jesus. Please pray for a new job and for grand success of my businesses that I’ll be starting in 2024 in the name of Jesus. Pray for my mothers’s health with no issues or suffering in Jesus name. Perfect hundred percent health for Vasu and myself without absolutely any issues in the mighty mighty name of Jesus, Also pray for 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 Please play for total recovery of my mother‘s dental bleeding in the mighty mighty mighty name of Jesus Quick resolution for my mothers dental bleeding and dental issues in the mighty mighty name of Jesus
All you winds, bless the Lord; praise and exalt him above all forever.
Jesus; bless all single persons and see to their needs. Help them to live their lives in a way that pleases the Father. Amen.
Jesus; bless all marriages and see to their needs. Grant them strength, understanding, perseverance, faith, and love. Amen.
For all married couples, parents, and single persons, we pray. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
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 families of the earth will find blessing in you.
Jesus came with his disciples into the house.
Let us see your face, Lord, and we shall be saved.
On the third day a man came from Saul's camp, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
Saint Francis de Sales; pray for those who share your name.
Saint Francis de Sales; pray for us.
Saint Anthony; pray for those who share your name.
Saint Anthony; pray for us.
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.
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!
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
Dear St Anthony, I pray to you that my mammogram goes well today. I hope it is healthy and normal. I pray I am healthy and will live a long wonderful life. Thank you, Lisa D’Andrea
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 granddaughter Reese does well on her high school entrance exam, and that she is guided by the Holy Spirit while making her decision.
Dear St. Anthony and all who pray here: so many of my prayers have been answered thank to your intercession! Thank you and may God pour his grace out upon you all. Please pray for me once more, as I bring to you my friend Andrea who is in desparate need of a work-from-home job due to her medical circumstances. Please pray that the good Lord will send her the job she has currently applied to and wants to get. Please continue to pray for my friend Barbara, who has successfully completed all her surgeries and radiation and is now in the healing and recovery phase. God please grant her patience to take it slow until fully healed. St. Anthony, please pray that my mother will find the valuable thing that she has currently misplaced. May God pour out the Holy Spirit into the hearts of humankind, so that the peace of Heaven may reign on earth as well. In Jesus' Name. Amen
Dear Lord Jesus my God my all....with the intercession of St Anthony please help me get back the funds that were taken from me wrongly for I need them as you know...I forgive them who were involved.....I love my family and you Jesus my Father... amen and amen and amen.
Father; I ask that my phone is always a tool and never an idol. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Saint Anthony, miracle worker and helper in finding lost items, I humbly seek your intercession: Please assist my daughter and her boyfriend in avoiding offenses against our Lord, strengthen their resolve to overcome addiction, and guide them toward becoming a loving and resilient couple. Help them secure meaningful and successful employment and protect them from evil, drawing them closer to Heavenly Mother, Heavenly Father, and Jesus. Please support those I have promised to pray for in finding answers. Additionally, aid those who have no one to pray for them. Watch over and protect all youth, especially those I know, guiding them closer to the Lord. Pray for all souls in purgatory, especially those I hold dear in my heart. Finally, help me to overcome my financial challenges—pay off my debts, repair what is in need of fixing, and improve my situation. Grant me the opportunity to make a pilgrimage to Guadalupe.
Dear Lord Please Help Amen Thank You
O Mary conceived without sin, of thee I ask a perfect love for Jesus Christ.
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 my son can find his headgear for wrestling first thing in morning so he can wrestle today
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!
Father; Thank You for my Catholic Faith. Thank You for my Parish. Thank You for the Catholic Church. Thank You for Pope Leo XIV. Thank You for all Priests, Deacons, and Religious. Amen.
Jesus; Make me a great Saint for Your glory. Amen.
pray no recurrence ever and healthy for years to come, pray for all family friends. ty pray for niece Rebecca. ty
Dear Jesus, I am doing MBA course and it's going to over by next month.All my friends have got placement but I didn't get.please pray for me to get the placement as early as possible. Thank you
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 well with his personal and professional life 🙏 for him to remain safe and healthy while traveling for his job praying he get home safe on Wednesday with no issues praying for my mother Carmella she continue to be blessed with good health and safety praying for my husband Pete and family they rest in eternal peace and watch over us all together praying for myself my IBS and weight improve I love and trust in you always amen
Please pray for my father, DESIDERIO , to be healed from severe inflammation due to his Arthritis or Rheumatism, also from bleeding and constipation from his stomach. Please pray for him to the Lord Jesus Christ that he would heal my father. AMEN. 🙏 And thank you.
Dear St Anthony, please intercede and pray that everything that did not work out for me is turning around for my good now and that God has so much better to replace them. Pray that God is preparing the right life partner for me who is loyal and kind and blessed and that he is making a way financially for me to own my own home and help my family have homes. Amen
Dear St Anthony, please intercede and pray that doors are opening effortlessly for my songs to be listened to all over the world now and that abundance is pouring into my life with so much ease. Pray that the favor of God is all over my life and that every generational curse of poverty and lack and limiting beliefs is broken off my life today. Pray that every demonic arrow towards me is turned back to where they came from and that every dollar I spent, invested, lost or was caused to lose is returning to me multiplied now. Amen
I have deep feelings for someone I perform music with every Friday and I believe the connection is mutual. I cherish the friendship we share and pray that honesty would not harm it, but instead deepen it and gently open the door to love. We are both in our fifties and I feel this may be the last chance for real joyful companionship for us both. Please pray for us.
Please st Anthony whisper into the infant jesus. please pray for me and ask the lord for a miracle. that my prayers will be granted soon. you know my worries and wants. thank you. G.M
Dear Lord please make thie lesson go well
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 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, and restore these friendships that I miss so very 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 answered prayers.
For a beautiful, blessed new home that is happy for me, a home dreams are made of, a home I love being in and coming home to, a home I almost can't believe is mine. St. Anthony pray for me. Please make this apartment I'm in let go. I had no peace in this apartment and could not sleep until it was blessed a few times. I never felt well here. Though I was eventually able to sleep, I've spent too many unhappy years here as I anticipated. I have been fighting to get out of here since the day I moved in. Please help me St. Anthony. You know how long I've been praying. With your miracle working power please let me move to that gorgeous home I've been praying and praying for without any more delays. Thank you St. Anthony. 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. Don't let anyone come between us. Let us always be close. Let my child want to be close to me. 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 protect us from those people that enjoy when we argue. Let my child love me and appreciate me. I've been a good mom and I don't think I could have done any better. Thank You.
Please cure my infection.
Prayers for this most recent storm to be much less severe & treacherous as expected. Amen
Prayers for my family, friends & special intentions. For the right new job (You know the details) 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/my means, without a huge expense. Perhaps if it's His will for me, to experience a fine love with a good woman at this time in my life. Thank You for everything Lord. Amen.
Thank You for everything Lord. Amen
Make the lesson go well St. Anthony Lord Jesus
St. Anthony Lord Jesus please bless my child and me
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.
Prayers that this most recent storm isn't as severe or treacherous as expected. Thank You Lord. Amen
Please pray for my relatives in purgatory, my family, me and my job situation. And for others who need help especially A, S, E and J.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner!
Please keep Gregs kids safe in this horrible weather.
MIRACLE MIRACLE MIRACLE MIRACLE DINK AMEN XXXXX
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
Please pray for my career. I have worked in 3 different fields and I am having difficulty with my current job. They are trying to blame me for a grant not being obtained but I did my part and got everything in on time. I was told that I got behind on my work and they blamed me taking my dad to needed appointments. I don't think it's fair to make me the scapegoat but i appear to be the easier target. Also, please pray for my spiritual director and spiritual father, for our relationships, and that they can guide me in my spirituality and which vocation is best for me with my circumstances and background. Please fix anything that needs to be fixed. Thank you.
St. Anthony..please heal the infection in my body.
Please keep my Papa Lupecinio in your prayers. He is bedridden at home, in pain, and fighting cancer. We are grateful for every prayer for comfort, strength, and peace.
Take care of us
Father; Help me cut my hair without missing anything, especially behind the ears. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Update -- C. V. (a senior citizen) is feeling much better. Still in hospital. All Glory and Thanksgiving to God.
For faith, peace, and healing. May school and work go well. For help not making errors at school and work. 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.
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. I thank you for all the blessings you have helped secure for our family throughout the years. I am grateful for the AU visa granted to my daughter, the correct diagnosis for my wife, and the help in finding a new rental house for my daughter. 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.
Please pray for my nasal passage on right side to open up more and swelling to go down, so my breathing will be better. Pray it gets easier for me to breath, please? Feels like I am smothering. Thank you Jesus. Amen
Prayers for C. V. who had to be admitted to a hospital for an emergency situation. Is resting now. Thank you, Jesus. Please take care one of your most-diligent believers.
St Anthony Miracle Worker (8th week of Devotion) Help Me - Special Intentions - Exodus 6:6 Lord Keep Your Word *
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.
I’m in the grips of a deep depression and I can’t even get out of bed. Please pray me.
You want to know the truth about me? My name is Karim, but if you change the "i" to an "a", the result is Karma. There you have it, I am Karma, the principle of action and reaction. There you have it, I'm revealing to you who I truly am, exceptionally. So, those who play with me are actually playing with Karma, therefore, I am not responsible for what will happen to them in the future.
Today I had a government test. I feel I didn’t answer well. Please pray for me. I ask God for a miracle to help me pass and for peace while waiting. Amen.
Master, we surrender 2 daughters’ happy settlement in their lives, our 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.
O gentle and loving St. Anthony I am pleading with you for your powerful intercession for your prayer to the Infant Jesus for my daughter Earicka to get state charges dropped against her please St. Anthony please pray for her to be able to keep her job please
Saint Anthony, miracle worker and faithful helper in finding lost possessions, I humbly seek your intercession: Please assist my daughter and her boyfriend in avoiding any offenses against our Lord, strengthen their resolve against addiction, and direct them to become a loving and resilient couple. Guide them to find meaningful and rewarding employment, and safeguard them from evil influences, drawing them closer to Heavenly Mother, Heavenly Father, and Jesus. Support those I have promised to pray for in discovering answers, and also care for those who have no one to pray for them. Please watch over and protect all young people, especially those I know, leading them closer to the Lord. Pray for all souls in purgatory, especially those held close to my heart. Finally, help me to overcome my financial struggles—pay my debts, repair what is broken, and improve my circumstances. Grant me the grace to make a pilgrimage to Guadalupe.
Bless those of us who pray here, that held in your embrace, we may comfort and nurture others who are cold, hungry, sick, imprisoned, oppressed, addicted, troubled, or discouraged welcoming them into the joy of your community.
That E and F continue to find a solution to their relationship difficulties, and our family and for all the people and intentions we pray for (pain relief, health, jobs, grace of a happy death, etc.) and that all 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.
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!
Dear St Anthony, I pray to you and ask that my mammogram test tomorrow goes well and I am healthy. I pray that the test is normal and well and I live a healthy long life. Thank you, Lisa D’Andrea
Dear Saint Anthony and all the Friars Please pray for my family , Chryssanthi, David, Indira and Freya Elizabeth, Araliya and Connor Please keep them always safe, healthy and happy. Also for my health and intensions. Please also continue to pray for my daughter Elizabeth to get full custody of her two children. Not drag this anymore. Thank you 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻
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
For the dignity of all human life from conception until natural death, we pray.
Dear St Anthony, thank you for all you do for my family and me. Please always watch over my son Sean & his family and keep them happy, healthy , safe and keep evil away from their door. Keep my husband John and my sister Maryann healthy. Please hear my prayers.
I'm praying every day for my true love to open his eyes and swallow his pride... he knows we are meant to be...please pray for him and myself...Phil and Kimmie
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