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St Anthony Prayer for Lost Things

St Anthony is the patron of lost and stolen things. Ask his help with this prayer for their recovery or the old responsory, Si quaeris ("If you seek miracles").

Prayer to St Anthony for Things Lost or Stolen

O Blessed St Anthony! the grace of God has made thee a powerful advocate in all necessities and the patron for the restoration of things lost or stolen: to thee I turn today with child-like love and heartfelt confidence. Oh, how many thousands hast thou miraculously aided in the recovery of lost goods! Thou wast the counsellor of the erring, the comforter of the afflicted, the healer of the sick, the raiser of the dead, the deliverer of the captive, the refuge of the afflicted: to thee do I hasten, O Blessed St Anthony! help me in my present affliction. I recommend what I have lost to thy care, in the secure hope that thou wilt restore it to me if it be to the greater glory of God and to the spiritual benefit of my soul, that I may praise and thank thee, in time and eternity, for thy glorious intercession in my behalf. Amen.

From Devotion to St. Anthony (1908)

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Responsory of St Anthony (Si Quaeris)

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.

Latin

Si quaeris miracula,Mors, error, calamitas,Daemon, lepra fugiunt,Aegri surgunt sani.

Cedunt mare, vincula;Membra, resque perditasPetunt et accipiuntJuvenes et cani.

Pereunt pericula,Cessat et necessitas;Narrent hi, qui sentiunt,Dicant Paduani.

Cedunt mare, vincula;Membra, resque perditasPetunt et accipiuntJuvenes et cani.

Gloria Patri et Filio,Et Spiritui Sancto.

Cedunt mare, vincula;Membra, resque perditasPetunt et accipiuntJuvenes et cani.

℣.Ora pro nobis, beate Antoni.℟.Ut digni efficiamur promissionibus Christi.

Ecclesiam tuam, Deus, beati Antoni confessoris tui commemoratio votiva laetificet, ut spiritualibus semper muniatur auxiliis, et gaudiis perfruatur aeternis. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.

Latin from Devotion to St. Anthony (1908)

From Devotion to St. Anthony (1908)

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