Pope Benedict XVI - Requiscat In Pace

Saint Anthony Quote: Christ Is Born!

 “Christ is born! Let us smile together, and rejoice together with the Blessed Virgin Mary, because today is born for us the Savior who has rescued us from all evil.”

May all of our readers have a blessed Christmas season~

Pray With Sincerity

I was working in a company for close to 9 years with no proper pay hike, no promotions, and the workplace was filled with toxic and cruel people (selfish and greedy workmates.) I use to cry everyday to go to work and work in that environment. My teammates started to mock at me saying.. I couldn’t crack an interview outside, that's the reason I am stuck there for all these years... Praying to St. Anthony and also fasting almost every Tuesday for my prayer to be answered and finally he answered and I got a new job with a good package.. Thank you St. Anthony... Pray with sincerity and he shall grant us. Thanks, L.L.

Thank you L.L. for your wonderful story of Saint Anthony’s intercession in your life, we are so grateful to hear that you have a good new job. If you too would like Saint Anthony’s help in finding a job, Click here to find the Prayer To St. Anthony For Employment.  There are many ways that Saint Anthony intercedes for us with God to help find things, find hope, find jobs, etc. If you have a Saint Anthony story of your own that you would like to share Email it to us and we’ll share it on the blog~

All Soul’s Day 2022

On November 2nd. at 6:00 pm the Friars of the Basilica of St. Anthony, in Padua - Italy, will celebrate a Mass of suffrage for our departed loved ones. You are invited to write a prayer in memory of your loved ones that will be placed at the Tomb of Saint Anthony. You can also light a virtual candle in memory of your dearly departed and create a personalized prayer card with the name of a loved one you would like to entrust to our dear Saint Anthony. To follow the live broadcast of the Holy Mass, connect to the Friars Facebook page at 6:00 pm (CET), it will be like attending with the Friars in the Basilica~

Saint Anthony Quote: Charity Is The Soul Of Faith

Saint Anthony Is So Powerful

Saint Anthony is so powerful and miraculous. My husband lost his phone with very important stuff in it. We started praying to Saint Anthony. We had looked in the truck numerous times and no phone. A week later we looked in the truck again and there it was. We know it was St.Anthony......Thank you St. Anthony, we love you.

Thank you N.M. for your story of Saint Anthony’s help in your life. Have a story of your own that you would like to share? Email it to us and we will post it on the blog~

Festivities on St.Anthony’s Feast Day 2022

 

Today is the Feast Day of our beloved Saint Anthony, follow the celebrations via livestream from the Basilica of St. Anthony in Padua, Italy. Write a prayer, light a virtual candle, download a personalized St. Anthony prayer card, and watch all of the festivities live at June13th.org. 

Good Saint Anthony, pray for us~

Ygnacia’s Own Stories - Maybe There Is Something To This St. Anthony Thing

 

Once again Saint Anthony comes to my rescue - I purchased Mother’s Day cards for both my sister and my mother and put them in some ‘safe place’. Big mistake. I started looking for them the day before Mother’s Day, no luck. I looked again Mother’s Day morning right before I needed to leave, still no luck. As I was giving up hope I prayed to Saint Anthony once again in desperation, “Saint Anthony please help me find those cards!” After praying that prayer I immediately looked down as I leaned against the counter in my kitchen and there they were the two cards, right in a place I thought I’d looked before. What would I do without him? Saint Anthony has come to my assistance  so many times my husband said, “maybe there is something to this Saint Anthony thing.” I would say to that a wholehearted yes! Not only do I depend on Saint Anthony’s help for my more than occasional lapses in memory, but I ask for his help and guidance in so many other things too - help for my family, for spiritual direction, for so many things I turn to him as a big brother in the Faith with complete trust. Once again, thank you Saint Anthony~

Have a story of Saint Anthony’s help in your own life that you would like to share? Email it to us and we will post it on the blog~

Prayer To Saint Anthony - Dear Saint Anthony

XXX World Day Of Prayer For The Sick 2022

 XXX W𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑫𝒂𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒊𝒄𝒌, 𝑭𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒚 11𝒕𝒉., 2022

In this difficult period it is even more important to be close to sick people with concrete gestures of solidarity and fraternity. 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬, light a candle and entrust a sick person dear to you to Saint Anthony. https://worldsickday.santantonio.org/candle/

It Seemed The Trip Would Not Happen

 The following is a story from Saint Anthony’s Shrine of Ohio’s website:

About two weeks ago, I was preparing for a trip that was important to me. Much preparation had been invested in the trip, not only by myself but by many others. I have never in my life lost a passport. The requirements for replacing a lost one have become so burdensome in recent years that I am compulsive about always keeping my passport in the same cupboard at home. I even have a routine of glancing in the cupboard many times per week in order to reassure myself that it is there in its place.

On the day of the trip, I arose two hours early and prepared to leave for the airport, but at the moment I was to leave, I noticed that the passport was missing. I looked everywhere in the house for an hour, but it was nowhere to be found. It seemed that the trip would not happen and that all the preparations would be pointless, and that many years of friendship with those who had to prepare the trip would be dishonored.

When I was a child, my grandmother, who was born at the beginning of the twentieth century, taught me to say; "St. Anthony, St. Anthony come around, my [name of the lost item] is lost and cannot be found!"

Perhaps because of the simple rhyme characteristic of children's verses, or perhaps because of my affection for my grandmother, I remembered this for more than half a century ago. I repeated it, inserting the word "passport."

At that moment, my wife shook an old jacket she wanted me to take on the trip so that I should not be cold. The passport dropped from one of its pockets. Neither of us had any idea how it had gotten there. I had not worn the jacket for some time. I thanked St. Anthony, said goodbye, and I was early for my plane.

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