EVERYBODY, seems to know that St. Anthony of Padua is the patron Saint of lost articles. Many people pray the small but ever powerful prayer, "Saint Anthony, Saint Anthony, please look around, something is lost and must be found." It usually will follow that you will find the lost article, usually keys, right where you had just looked.
I want to blog about how many times this prayer and the intercessory prayers of St. Anthony have come to the rescue. I don't know any Catholic who does not have someone in their family that will entreat them to call on St. Anthony and whether they like it or not his intercession before the Lord is awesomely powerful.
My niece who is an adult lost her bank card for what she said was like the fiftieth time and was reluctant to call and have the bank issue number fifty one. She prayed a prayer asking St. Anthony for his intercession and help. She claims in a dream he told her inwardly to look inside the dryer and when she was about to leave the house she remembered and just stuck her hand blindly inside the dryer and it was hidden behind one of the dryer paddles! Wow! Thanks be to God and the prayers of St. Anthony.
I went to the San Antonio Mission in Jolon California and made a donation in thanksgiving for the favor received by my niece. I recommend you make a generous donation to help keep St. Anthony's Mission open. You can find the address and information at the bottom of this blog.
Ask St. Anthony's prayers and make a small donation to the Old Mission.
St. Anthony of Padua, pray for us!
Mark
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