PRAYERS TO SAINT ANTHONY THAT HELP IN DIFFERENT NEEDS AND CIRCUMSTANCES 
IN LIFE. THEY ASK FOR HIS HELP AND BY PRAYING TO HIM, MIRACLES CAN 
HAPPEN AND LIFE IS EASIER TO DEAL WITH. PLEASE DISTRIBUTE SO AS TO 
PRAISE HIM AND SPREAD THESE PRAYERS TO HIM FOR HIS HELP AND GRACE. 

PRAYER IN ANY NECESSITY

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 OUR 
SALVATION. WE ASK THEE BY THE LOVE THOU DIDST FEEL TOWARD THE AMIABLE 
LITTLE JESUS WHEN HE COVERED THEE WITH HIS CARESSES, TO 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, PRESSED THY CHEEK TO HIS, AND 
LISTENED TO HIS ANGELIC VOICE. THINK OF THIS, AND HEAR US FOR HIS 
CONDESCENDING LOVE. IF WE COULD BEHOLD THEE WE WOULD BATHE THY FEET WITH 
RESPECTFUL TEARS, AND TELL THEE ALL WE FEEL, ALL WE FEAR FOR OUR 
SALVATION. BUT TO SEE THEE IS NOT GRANTED US; THEREFORE, WE SALUTE THEE 
IN SPIRIT, O GLORIOUS FAVORITE OF GOD, AND BOW DOWN OUR GUILTY HEADS 
BEFORE THEE IN HUMBLE REVERENCE, WHILE WE RAISE OUR SAD HEARTS FULL OF 
HOPE TOWARD 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. 

PRAYER TO THE INFANT JESUS IN ST. ANTHONY'S ARMS

O SWEET INFANT JESUS, THOU BEST AND ONLY HOPE OF AFFLICTED SOULS, I 
PROSTRATE MYSELF AT THY FEET AND BESEECH THEE, THROUGH THY IMMEASURABLE 
LOVE AND GRACE, WHEREBY THOU DIDST VISIT THY BLESSED SERVANT ST. ANTHONY 
AND COMFORT AND EMBRACE HIM, TO COME TO ME AT HIS INTERCESSION AND LET 
ME TASTE HOW SWEET THY PRESENCE IS TO SOULS THAT TRUST IN THEE. 

PRAYER TO ST. ANTHONY

O HOLY ST. ANTHONY, GENTLEST OF SAINTS, YOUR LOVE FOR GOD AND CHARITY 
FOR HIS CREATURES MADE YOU WORTHY, WHEN ON EARTH, TO POSSESS MIRACULOUS 
POWERS. MIRACLES WAITED ON YOUR WORD, WHICH YOU WERE EVER READY TO SPEAK 
FOR THOSE IN TROUBLE OR ANXIETY. ENCOURAGED BY THIS THOUGHT, I IMPLORE 
YOU TO OBTAIN FOR ME (YOUR REQUEST). THE ANSWER TO MY PRAYER MAY REQUIRE 
A MIRACLE; EVEN SO, YOU ARE THE SAINT OF MIRACLES. O GENTLE AND LOVING 
SAINT ANTHONY, WHOSE HEART WAS EVER FULL OF HUMAN SYMPATHY, WHISPER MY 
PETITION INTO THE EARS OF THE SWEET INFANT JESUS, WHO LOVED TO BE FOLDED 
IN YOUR ARMS;  AND THE GRATITUDE OF MY HEART WILL EVER BE YOURS. 

PRAYER FOR LIGHT

O HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, TAKE ME AS THY DISCIPLE. GUIDE ME, ILLUMINATE ME, 
SANCTIFY ME. BIND MY HANDS THAT THEY MAY DO NO EVIL. COVER MY EYES THAT 
THEY MAY SEE IT NO MORE. SANCTIFY MY HEART THAT EVIL MAY NOT DWELL 
WITHIN ME. BE THOU MY GOD. BE THOU MY GUIDE. WHITHERSOEVER THOU LEADEST 
ME I WILL GO. WHATSOEVER THOU FORBIDDEST ME I WILL RENOUNCE. AND 
WHATSOEVER THOU COMMANDEST ME, IN THY STRENGTH I WILL DO. LEAD ME THEN 
INTO FULLNESS OF THY TRUTH. 

AN ACT OF CONSECRATION TO ST. ANTHONY

O GLORIOUS ST. ANTHONY, SERVANT AND FRIEND OF GOD, I SALUTE THEE THROUGH 
THE MOST LOVING HEART OF OUR DIVINE SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, WHOM THOU DIDST 
BEAR IN THY PURE ARMS UNDER THE FORM OF A CHILD.  I CHOOSE THEE TODAY AS 
MY PATRON, ADVOCATE AND FATHER. I PLACE ALL MY CARES AND TEMPTATIONS IN 
THY HANDS. I EARNESTLY RESOLVE NEVER TO FORSAKE THEE. 
GREAT SAINT, LILY OF CELESTIAL PURITY AND VANQUISHER OF CONCUPISCENCE, 
OBTAIN FOR ME AND ALL THY CLIENTS PERFECT PURITY OF BODY AND SOUL.
I ALSO, IN IMITATION OF THY ZEAL, PROMISE TO LEAD OTHERS TO THE 
KNOWLEDGE, THE LOVE AND THE SERVICE OF GOD THROUGH MY EXAMPLE AND 
COUNSEL. 

PRAYER FOR RESTORATION OF THINGS LOST OR STOLEN

O BLESSED ST. ANTHONY! THE GRACE OF GOD HAS MADE THEE A POWERFUL 
ADVOCATE IN ALL  NECESSITIES AND THE PATRON OF THE RESTORATION OF THINGS 
LOST OR STOLEN. TO THEE I TURN TODAY WITH CHILDLIKE LOVE AND HEARTFELT 
CONFIDENCE. OH, HOW MANY THOUSANDS HAST THOU MIRACULOUSLY AIDED IN THE 
RECOVERY OF LOST GOODS! THOU WAST THE COUNSELOR OF 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 I DO 
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 
WILL RESTORE IT TO ME IF IT BE TO THE GREATER GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE 
SPIRITUAL BENEFIT OF MY SOUL. OBTAIN ALSO FOR ME AN ACTIVE FAITH, PEACE 
OF MIND, DISGUST FOR THE VAIN PLEASURES OF THE WORLD, AND AN ARDENT 
DESIRE FOR THE IMPERISHABLE GOODS OF ETERNITY. AMEN.......  
OUR FATHER, HAIL MARY, GLORY BE..

PRAYER TO OBTAIN THE GRACE OF PURITY

O PUREST ST. ANTHONY, WHO THROUGH THY ANGELIC VIRTUE HAST BEEN MADE 
WORTHY TO BE CARESSED BY JESUS, TO HOLD HIM IN THY ARMS AND PRESS HIM TO 
THY HEART; I ENTREAT THEE TO CAST A BENEVOLENT GLANCE UPON ME, A POOR 
SINNER. BY THE MERE TOUCH OF THY GARMENT THOU HAST COMMUNICATED THAT 
MOST PRECIOUS OF GIFTS, HOLY PURITY. OH, DELIVER ME BY THY POWERFUL 
INTERCESSION FROM ALL THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS AGAINST HOLY VIRTUE, THAT I 
MAY BECOME A PLEASING OBJECT IN THE EYES OF JESUS AND HIS IMMACULATE 
MOTHER. 
PRAY FOR ME THAT MY HEART AND SOUL REMAIN PURE AND UNDEFILED UNTIL 
DEATH, AND THAT I MAY RATHER DIE THAN OFFEND GOD BY MORTAL SIN.  AMEN.

ST. ANTHONY'S BLESSING

BEHOLD THE CROSS OF THE LORD!
FLY, YE HOSTILE POWERS!
THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH, THE ROOT OF DAVID, HAS CONQUERED, 
ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA!

L. ST. ANTHONY, VANQUISHER OF DEMONS, PRAY FOR US!
A. THAT WE MAY BE MADE WORTHY OF THE PROMISES OF CHRIST!

LET US PRAY

GRANT, O LORD, TO THY PEOPLE THROUGH THE INTERCESSION OF THY SERVANT, 
BLESSED  ANTHONY, THE GRACE TO PREVAIL OVER THE POWERS OF DARKNESS, 
THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD, AMEN. 
FROM THE SNARES OF THE DEVIL, DELIVER US, ST. ANTHONY. 

ASPIRATIONS TO ST. ANTHONY

L. ST. ANTHONY, OUR PATRON AND OUR ADVOCATE,
A. GRANT US WHAT WE ASK OF THEE.
L. ST. ANTHONY, POWERFUL IN WORD AND WORK,
A. GRANT US WHAT WE ASK OF THEE.
L. ST. ANTHONY, ATTENTIVE OF THOSE WHO INVOKE THEE, 
A. GRANT US WHAT WE ASK OF THEE. 
L. ST. ANTHONY, GLORY OF THE CHURCH AND HONOR OF THE FRANCISCAN ORDER,
A. GRANT US WHAT WE ASK OF THEE.
L. ST. ANTHONY, WHOM THE INFANT JESUS SO MUCH LOVED AND HONORED, 
A. GRANT US WHAT WE ASK OF THEE. 

PRAYER TO ST. ANTHONY FOR HEALING

DEAR ST. ANTHONY, YOU LOVED GOD SO MUCH WHEN YOU LIVED UPON THE EARTH.  
YOU WERE KNOWN, EVEN THEN, AS A GREAT WONDER-WORKER, SO GREAT DID HIS 
POWER LIVE IN YOU. 
NOW THAT YOU ARE IN HEAVEN, YOU SHARE IN GOD'S GLORY AND IN HIS POWER IN 
A MORE PERFECT WAY.
LOOK ON ME WITH KINDNESS AS I COME TO YOU IN MY NEED. I PRAY FOR HEALING 
FOR MYSELF AND FOR THOSE WHOM I LOVE. 
WE NEED HEALING, NOT ONLY IN BODY BUT ESPECIALLY IN SPIRIT. WE NEED A 
SPIRIT OF LOVE AND FORGIVENESS;  A SPIRIT OF REPENTANCE,  A SPIRIT OF 
OPENNESS TO GOD'S GRACE. 
THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS HEALING FROM ITS MANY WOUNDS OF HATRED AND 
DESPAIR. PRAY FOR US ST. ANTHONY, AND RECEIVE THE PETITIONS I BRING TO 
YOU TODAY. MAY GOD BE GLORIFIED BY YOUR LIFE OF HOLINESS, BY YOUR 
SURRENDER TO THE POWER OF HIS LOVE. AMEN. 


FOR THE CONVERSION OF A PERSON DEAR TO US

O GREAT SAINT, YOU HAVE DEDICATED YOUR LIFE AND SPENT ALL YOUR STRENGTH 
FOR THE SALVATION OF CHRISTIANS AND THE RETURN OF UNBELIEVERS TO GOD; 
AND EVEN NOW YOU ARE THE INSTRUMENT OF DIVINE MERCY FOR THE CONVERSION 
OF SINNERS; I BEG YOU TO INTERCEDE BEFORE THE LORD FOR A PERSON WHO IS 
SO DEAR TO ME, WHOSE LIFE IS NOT CONFORMABLE TO THE EVANGELIC TEACHINGS 
AND TO THE BAPTISM RECEIVED. 
GRANT, DEAR SAINT, THE HE(SHE) MAY FIND AGAIN THE LOST FAITH, TAKE UP 
AGAIN THE PRACTICE OF RELIGION AND RETURN TO THE JOY OF FRIENDSHIP WITH 
GOD.  DO NOT PERMIT THAT HE(SHE) BE LOST FOR ALL ETERNITY, BUT INTERCEDE 
THAT HE(SHE) RETURN TO BE A CHILD OF GOD AND EXPERIENCE HIS MERCY IN 
THIS LIFE AND IMMENSE GLORY IN HEAVEN.  AMEN. 

THE MIRACULOUS RESPONSORY OF ST. ANTHONY, BY ST. BONAVENTURE

L. IF THEN YOU ASK FOR MIRACLES, DEATH, ERROR, ALL CALAMITIES, THE 
LEPROSY AND DEMONS FLY, AND HEALTH SUCCEEDS INFIRMITIES.

A. THE SEA OBEYS, AND FETTERS BREAK, AND LIFELESS LIMBS THOU DOST 
RESTORE, WHILST TREASURES LOST ARE FOUND AGAIN, WHEN YOUNG AND OLD THINE 
AID IMPLORE. 

L. ALL DANGERS VANISH AT THY PRAYER, AND DIREST NEED DOTH QUICKLY FLEE; 
LET THOSE WHO KNOW THY POWER PROCLAIM, LET PADUANS SAY: "THESE ARE 
THEE."

A. THE SEA OBEYS, AND FETTERS BREAK, AND LIFELESS LIMBS THOU DOST 
RESTORE, WHILST TREASURES LOST ARE FOUND AGAIN, WHEN YOUNG AND OLD THINE 
AID IMPLORE. 

L. TO FATHER, SON, MAY GLORY BE, AND HOLY SPIRIT ETERNALLY. 

A. THE SEA OBEYS, AND FETTERS BREAK, AND LIFELESS LIMBS THOU DOST 
RESTORE, WHILST TREASURES LOST ARE FOUND AGAIN, WHEN YOUNG AND OLD THINE 
AID IMPLORE. 

L. PRAY FOR US, ST. ANTHONY. 

A. THAT WE MAY BE MADE WORTHY OF THE PROMISES OF CHRIST. 


LET US PRAY

O GOD, MAY HONORING THE MEMORY OF ST. ANTHONY, YOUR CONFESSOR AND 
DOCTOR, BE A SOURCE OF JOY TO YOUR CHURCH, THAT SHE MAY BE ALWAYS 
FORTIFIED WITH SPIRITUAL ASSISTANCE AND DESERVE TO ENJOY ETERNAL REWARD. 
THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. AMEN.