St Anthony Prayer

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.

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.

May the festal rites of thy blessed confessor Anthony gladden thy Church, O God, that it may always be sustained by spiritual help, and deserve to enjoy the happiness of eternity. Through Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God world without end. Amen.

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.

O glorious St Anthony, safe refuge of the afflicted and distressed, who, through a miraculous revelation, hast directed all those who seek thy aid to approach thy altar, with the promise, that whoever visits it for nine consecutive Tuesdays, and there piously invokes thee, will feel the power of thy intercession: I, a poor sinner, encouraged by this promise, come to thee today with a firm hope, and I rejoice in the great honor which our Holy Mother, the Church, has shown to thee in placing thy image on her altars. I pour forth my prayer to thee; I implore thy aid, thy protection, thy counsel and thy blessing. Obtain for me, I beseech thee, my request in this necessity (name it), provided it be not opposed to the will of God, and the welfare of my soul. Should such, however, be the case, obtain for me such other graces, as shall be conducive to my salvation. Through Christ, our Lord. Amen.

O Jesus, my Saviour! who didst vouchsafe to appear to St Anthony in the form of an infant, I implore Thee, through the love Thou didst bear to this Saint when he dwelt on earth, and which Thou now bearest to him in heaven, graciously hear my prayer, and assist me in my necessities. Who livest and reignest, world without end. Amen.

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.

O Blessed St Anthony, my faithful intercessor, I have now, through the grace of God and thy assistance, finished the pious exercises in thy honor. I had, indeed, the will and desire to do all in my power for thy greater honor and glory, but thou knowest my weakness and misery and want of devotion; wherefore, I beseech thee to make amends for all my failings, and to offer thy merits and good works for me, that I may find grace and hearing with God. Obtain for me, through thy merits, the blessing of a virtuous life, a true knowledge of my God and of myself, a perfect mortification of my senses, and a complete triumph over all temptations. I place myself under thy special protection, assist me to follow thy example in life and come to my aid in death: in that dread moment let me experience the might of thy help. Amen.