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Seamus_L
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Most of the ones I can think of were prayers to find missing rosaries. And it worked everytime. That and keys belonging to me or friends. Might seem small but you always get a wonderful feeling.
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HelenRose
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I am always losing things - my mind first and for most.
St. Anthony helps me. It is like he says to me, “Listen Helen, if you put some effort into this and really look them you will find them.” And I do.
I really don’t not understand this at all. But I love St Anthony and he does not fail me. Of course when I leave my walkman in a hotel room 300 miles away, there is not much he can do about that. But if an object is findable, he helps me.
St. Anthony helps me. It is like he says to me, “Listen Helen, if you put some effort into this and really look them you will find them.” And I do.
I really don’t not understand this at all. But I love St Anthony and he does not fail me. Of course when I leave my walkman in a hotel room 300 miles away, there is not much he can do about that. But if an object is findable, he helps me.
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robwar
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speaking of rosaries, The first i heard of St. Anthony was when a very specially rosary went missing. i search everywhere. Stopped by the Church and the religious ed assistant told me that she was praying to St. Anthony for me. Stopped by work and there was the rosary dangling from the bulletin board. Been a believer ever since.
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oldgraymare2
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I also read that you can pray to him for peace of mind, like when you literally feel like you are “losing your mind.”
I know that may sound like a joke, but it is not meant to be. I have read that more than once–that he is also known for that. I did not know that, so when I am feeling stressed out or troubled, I pray to him for “peace of mind.”
He is a great saint. He is known as a “wonder-worker,” I think.
I know that may sound like a joke, but it is not meant to be. I have read that more than once–that he is also known for that. I did not know that, so when I am feeling stressed out or troubled, I pray to him for “peace of mind.”
He is a great saint. He is known as a “wonder-worker,” I think.
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retire_early
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Very interesting that St. Anthony is a help for those who feel like they are “losing their minds” because, without ever having heard that, I have been praying to him when I am “feeling lost”-- undecided, mixed up, confused. I just figured that since he never fails me (and I mean really, really, never fails me) when I lose something, that he could intercede for me when I lose myself, too!
My father taught me to be devoted to St. Anthony. He had great faith in him and taught me to have the same.
I have a statue of St. Anthony in my prayer-chair corner. It’s been knocked over move than once and both the child Jesus and St. Anthony look like they’ve through a tornado with all the chips and scars, but its lovely just the same.
My father taught me to be devoted to St. Anthony. He had great faith in him and taught me to have the same.
I have a statue of St. Anthony in my prayer-chair corner. It’s been knocked over move than once and both the child Jesus and St. Anthony look like they’ve through a tornado with all the chips and scars, but its lovely just the same.
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MrsHappy
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I love St Anthony, if you loose something he finds it straight away if you kneel down and say ask him along with a hail mary, and a hail mary in thanks straight after you find it. Because he wants it for our Lady! Just a tip! Never fails.
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oldgraymare2
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Hi retire early,
I also have a small statue of him, holding the child Jesus in his arms.
I really like looking at it, too.
I am glad that looking at yours makes you happy, too.
I also have a small statue of him, holding the child Jesus in his arms.
I really like looking at it, too.
I am glad that looking at yours makes you happy, too.
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Gigglin4God
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I feel like I’ve been watched over in my childhood. I attended St. Anthony Of Padua Catholic Church. The priest that was there for many until I was maybe early preteen? Was Father Anthony Orlando. My oldest brother was born on St. Anthony’s feast day. I try to pray The Chaplet Of St. Anthony everyday. I’ve been praying and tearing up my house trying to find my DVD movie “Field Of Dreams”. I’ve looked for a year now and it is still lost. Maybe with your helpful prayers, I’ll be able to St. Anthony, I just may find it.
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poetess0312
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Hello everyone I’m new to this forum and I would like my first post to be in regard to St Anthony. He has been a saint I love ever since I attended a school named after him. I would like to express my gratitude to him for always being there for me. Most recently my mother lost the window keys and was stressing out, I requested him with just a line and she found the keys soon after. Another recent incident is when there was a lizard in my house and in the midst of trying to get rid of it, it got lost. Once again I made a brief request and it was found soon after. I hope that my stories inspire all of you by showing how God, Mother Mary and all the saints are in our life at every moment in small and big things. Thanks for reading
I’m new to this forum and I would like my first post to be in regard to St Anthony. He has been a saint I love ever since I attended a school named after him. I would like to express my gratitude to him for always being there for me. Most recently my mother lost the window keys and was stressing out, I requested him with just a line and she found the keys soon after. Another recent incident is when there was a lizard in my house and in the midst of trying to get rid of it, it got lost. Once again I made a brief request and it was found soon after. I hope that my stories inspire all of you by showing how God, Mother Mary and all the saints are in our life at every moment in small and big things. Thanks for reading
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CB_Catholic
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Mine is rather unusual. He helped me find the missing parts to the toilet when my husband took it apart to fix it and the box he put the parts in got lost.
I searched the house high and low, and finally prayed to St. Anthony. Within 5 minutes I had found the box. My half-believing husband was impressed.
I searched the house high and low, and finally prayed to St. Anthony. Within 5 minutes I had found the box. My half-believing husband was impressed.
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AveMariaConvert
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My scenarios go something like this:
loses rosary/keys/special item and drops to knees
Friend: what on earth are you doing now, Chloe?
Me: I praying!!
Friend: Well I will just look for your rosary/keys and see who dels it quicker yeah?
Me: Fine. hail Mary and prayer to saying Anthony
stands up and sees it on the floor
Friend: oh… My… Gosh…
loses rosary/keys/special item and drops to knees
Friend: what on earth are you doing now, Chloe?
Me: I praying!!
Friend: Well I will just look for your rosary/keys and see who dels it quicker yeah?
Me: Fine. hail Mary and prayer to saying Anthony
stands up and sees it on the floor
Friend: oh… My… Gosh…
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Linda_Marie
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I used to work in administration at a school run by Evangelical Aboriginals. One day, we had a computer expert in to upgrade our hardware/software. During the course of his work, he asked for a disc for one of the software programs we were running. The secretary went through the cupboard searching for it. It was not a very big cupboard, only 3 shelves, about a meter wide, 30cm deep. She had been searching for about half an hour, getting ever more desperate, when I prayed, out loud, “St Anthony, please help us to find this disc.”
Not 10 seconds later, she went very still, saying, ‘you’re not going to believe this’ and held up the disc.
They all looked at me wide-eyed, in disbelief. I just said, “Thank you, St Anthony!”
The kicker to me was the fact that the building we were in used to be a convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph - dedicated to St. Anthony.
Thank you again, St. Anthony, for that wonderful witness.
Not 10 seconds later, she went very still, saying, ‘you’re not going to believe this’ and held up the disc.
They all looked at me wide-eyed, in disbelief. I just said, “Thank you, St Anthony!”
The kicker to me was the fact that the building we were in used to be a convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph - dedicated to St. Anthony.
Thank you again, St. Anthony, for that wonderful witness.
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poetess0312
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Once more I have received St. Anthony’s help! I could not find my ring despite being very sure that I had put it into the box. I requested St. Anthony to help me with a line or two, together with touching his feet (I have a St. Anthony statue at home). A while later when I went to search again, I realized that I had put it in another box. 
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Pax2u
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Everyone in my family knows I love St. Anthony! When I was in jr. high I lost my wristwatch…which was a terrible thing, it was a very special gift (that my parents really had to save for) and I was so devastated. I prayed to St. Anthony to please help me. A few hours later I went to get something out of my closet and saw the watch shining from inside a shoe on the closet floor.
When my daughter was in jr. high she was out in our driveway…it was fall, and the drive was covered with fallen leaves. She came in all sad…said she’d lost her ring out in the driveway. We tried to find it…it was like looking for a needle in a haystack in all those leaves. I told her she should pray to St. Anthony. About an hour later she came in with a big smile, carrying her ring!
Lost an important paper at work. Looked everywhere…couldn’t find it. Prayed to St. Anthony. The next file I got into…there was my missing paper (mis-filed!).
My granddaughter wears a St. Anthony medal. When I saw her last weekend she said “Grandma, go figure…I LOST my St. Anthony medal!”. She’s praying for some help with that one, too!!
When my daughter was in jr. high she was out in our driveway…it was fall, and the drive was covered with fallen leaves. She came in all sad…said she’d lost her ring out in the driveway. We tried to find it…it was like looking for a needle in a haystack in all those leaves. I told her she should pray to St. Anthony. About an hour later she came in with a big smile, carrying her ring!
Lost an important paper at work. Looked everywhere…couldn’t find it. Prayed to St. Anthony. The next file I got into…there was my missing paper (mis-filed!).
My granddaughter wears a St. Anthony medal. When I saw her last weekend she said “Grandma, go figure…I LOST my St. Anthony medal!”. She’s praying for some help with that one, too!!
Did you know that St. Anthony is also the patron of barren women?
In 1993, my husband and I made the 54-day rosary novena asking for a child. We decided to make a pilgrimage to the Santuario de Chimayo in northern NM (a shrine where healings are reputed to have taken place) and my sister-in-law suggested the feast of St. Ann, patron of mothers. But I have always had a special fondness for St. Anthony and I didn’t want to wait until July, so we decided to make the pilgrimage on June 13, the feast of St. Anthony.
Almost exactly nine months later, on March 15, 1994, our son was born. We named him Paul Michael Anthony!
In 1993, my husband and I made the 54-day rosary novena asking for a child. We decided to make a pilgrimage to the Santuario de Chimayo in northern NM (a shrine where healings are reputed to have taken place) and my sister-in-law suggested the feast of St. Ann, patron of mothers. But I have always had a special fondness for St. Anthony and I didn’t want to wait until July, so we decided to make the pilgrimage on June 13, the feast of St. Anthony.
Almost exactly nine months later, on March 15, 1994, our son was born. We named him Paul Michael Anthony!
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