Prayers for a Miracle

Almighty and Eternal God! who didst glorify Thy faithful confessor, Anthony, with the perpetual gift of working miracles, graciously grant that what we confidently seek through his merits we may surely receive through his intercession. Through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

If miracles thou fain wouldst see:Lo! error, death, calamity,The leprous stain, the demon flies,From beds of pain the sick arise.

The hungry seas forego their prey,The prisoner's cruel chains give way,While palsied limbs, and chattels lost,Both young and old recovered boast.

And perils perish; plenty's hoardIs heaped on hunger's famished board.Let those relate, who know it well,Let Padua of her Patron tell.

The hungry seas forego their prey,The prisoner's cruel chains give way,While palsied limbs, and chattels lost,Both young and old recovered boast.

May glory to the Father be,And to the Son eternally,And to the Spirit, in essence one,In Persons three, be honor done.

The hungry seas forego their prey,The prisoner's cruel chains give way,While palsied limbs, and chattels lost,Both young and old recovered boast.

℣.Pray for us, Blessed Anthony:℟.That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

O God! let the votive commemoration of Blessed Anthony, Thy confessor, be a source of joy to Thy Church, that she may always be fortified with spiritual assistance and may deserve to possess eternal joy. Through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

We salute thee, St Anthony, lily of purity, ornament and glory of Christianity! We salute thee, great Saint, cherub of wisdom and seraph of divine love! We rejoice at the favors our Lord has so liberally bestowed on thee. In humility and confidence we entreat thee to help us, for we know that God has given thee charity and pity as well as power. Oh! then, behold our distress, our anxiety, our fears concerning (here name your request). We ask thee by the love thou didst feel towards the amiable little Jesus when He covered thee with His caresses. Oh! tell Him now of our wants. One sigh from that breast He so honored will crown our success, will fill us with joy. Oh! remember how complete thy bliss was as thou didst hold Him to thy breast, didst press thy cheek to His, and didst listen to His angelic voice.

We salute thee in spirit, O glorious favorite of God, and bow our guilty heads before thee in humble reverence, while we raise our sad hearts full of hope towards heaven and thee, for He who so often put Himself in thy arms will now fill thy hands with all we ask of thee. Give us, then, what we desire, angel of love, and we will publish thy grandeur, thereby to honor and glorify Him who so blessed thee. Amen.

O God, merciful and compassionate, who art ever ready to hear the prayers of those who put their trust in thee; Graciously hearken to us who call upon thee, and grant us thy help in this our need; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, who knowest our necessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking; We beseech thee to have compassion upon our infirmities; and those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us, for the worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that any one who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession, was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother; to thee I come; before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me. Amen.

O Almighty God, despise not Thy people who cry unto Thee in their affliction; but, for the glory of Thy name, turn away Thine anger, and help us in our tribulations.

O Mother of Perpetual Help, with the greatest confidence I come before Thy sacred Picture, in order to invoke thine aid. Thou hast seen the wounds which Jesus has been pleased to receive for our sake; thou hast seen the Blood of thy Son flowing for our salvation; thou knowest how thy Son desires to apply to us the fruit of His Redemption. Behold I cast myself at thy feet, and pray thee to obtain for my soul the grace I stand so much in need of. O Mary, most loving of all mothers, obtain for me from the heart of Jesus, the source of every good, this grace (here mention it). O Mother of Perpetual Help, thou desirest our salvation far more than we ourselves; thy Son has given thee to us for our Mother; thou hast thyself chosen to be called Mother of Perpetual Help. I trust not in my merits, but in thy powerful intercession; I trust in thy goodness; I trust in thy motherly love. Mother of Perpetual Help, for the love thou bearest to Jesus, thy Son and my Redeemer, for the love of thy great servant Alphonsus, for the love of my soul, obtain for me the grace I ask from thee. Amen.

O wonderful St Anthony, glorious on account of the fame of thy miracles, and through the condescension of Jesus in coming in the form of a little child to repose in thy arms; obtain for me of his bounty the grace which I ardently desire from the depths of my heart. Thou who wast so compassionate towards miserable sinners, regard not the unworthiness of those who pray to thee, but the glory of God, that it may be once again magnified by thee, to the salvation of my soul, in connection with the particular request which I now ask for with persevering earnestness. May this small offering of pence, which I make to thee in aid of the poor, be a pledge of my gratitude, and with them may it one day be granted to me, through the grace of Jesus Christ and thy intercession, to possess the kingdom of Heaven. Amen.