O Holy St Anthony, one of the greatest and kindest of all Saints, your burning love of God, your exalted virtues and your great charity towards your fellow creatures, made you worthy, when on earth to possess miraculous powers of an exalted kind, such as were given to no other saint. Miracles waited on your word, and that word you were ever ready to speak at the request of those in trouble. The anxious prayer to bitter trial was never addressed to you in vain. To the sick you gave back health, you restored what was lost and the sorrow stricken were the objects of your tender compassion, even the dead you raised to life when the wounded heart cried out to you from the depth of its bitter anguish. When on earth nothing was impossible to you, except to have compassion on those in distress and sorrow. Encouraged by this thought and convinced of the efficacy of your holy intercession, we kneel before your holy image, and full of confidence, we implore you to obtain for us.
(Mention your request)
The answer to this, our prayer, may require a miracle. Even so, are you not the Saint of Miracles, who, when on earth, had but to speak and the mightiest wonders were wrought? O gentle and loving St Anthony, you whose heart was ever full of human sympathy, whisper our prayer into the ears of the Infant Jesus, who loved to linger in your arms. One word from you and our prayer will be granted. O, speak that word and the gratitude of our hearts will ever be yours, Amen.
12 окт 2024
