Saints LightPrayer to St Anthony
A prayer to St Anthony of Padua (died 1231, feast June 13), the Franciscan preacher and Doctor of the Church whom Catholics have long asked for help in finding lost things; written for this app. Pray it when something is lost, and when you feel you have lost your way.
The prayer
Dear St Anthony, faithful friar and friend of the poor, you loved God with all your heart and preached his word with fire. Many have come to you in their need and found help.
I ask your prayers now for what I have lost: [name it]. If it is God's will, help me to find it. And far more than any lost thing, help me never to lose my faith, my hope, or the grace of God. Where I have wandered from Christ, help me to be found again.
Teach me to trust that nothing is lost to God, and to care for the poor as you did. St Anthony, pray for me. Amen.
Pray it this week
Next time you lose something this week, pray this before you start searching, and give a small gift to the poor in thanksgiving, an old custom called St Anthony's Bread.
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