Readers' Stories of St. Anthony's Help
—from St. Anthony Messenger magazine and online submissions

 CD-ROM Found
I had lost my CD-ROM with the pictures taken of my ex-fiance and me on the day he proposed. While things didn't work out between us, the pictures on the CD still meant a lot to me. I had looked everywhere I could think of to look at both my apartment and at my grandmother's home. Earlier this month, I prayed to St. Anthony myself & had requested prayer intentions on my behalf to find the CD-ROM. My grandmother called me on 4/26 to tell me that she had accidentally found the CD-ROM I was feverishly looking for during my last visit. I just KNEW that St. Anthony had heard the prayers and helped in the finding of the CD-ROM.

Sandra
  Portland, TN
Monday, April 28, 2008
 Thanks to St. Anthony
We are grateful to St. Anthony for helping us find our daughter's diamond ring which she had entrusted us to have repaired, and which we subsequently had misplaced. We found it today. Thank you for the intervention by St. Anthony on our behalf with the Lord. We have sent a token of gratitude to further Catholic information and Franciscan inspiration.

Hans
  North Tustin, California
Sunday, April 27, 2008
 Wallet Found
For one week we have searched every inch of the house for my son's wallet. Last night it occurred to me to pray with my son to St. Anthony. On this website, I saw someone else who lost a wallet and from that message felt the wallet was in the garage. Tonight my husband found the wallet under the seat in the back of the truck, where we had looked, but perhaps not carefuly enough. Thank you so much, St. Anthony!

Paula
  MN
Saturday, April 26, 2008
 Much Help
St. Anthony has helped me and many of my family and friends find lost things. He helped my daughter find a ring that she lost. He helped a friend find a lost cell phone that was accidentally packed in a box going to soldiers in Iraq. Tonight I prayed that he would help me find my car keys. I lost both sets of keys and would not have been able to drive my car. Not only did he help me find my car keys but he helped find my husband's keys as well. I just wanted to thank him in public for all of his ongoing help. By the way, I have found that he helps me find things by giving me an idea in my mind's eye where I should look for an item.

Alyse
  NY
Monday, April 21, 2008
 Prayers Answered
Recently I'd misplaced a diamond cross necklace that my husband had given me for my birthday last year. We had placed our house up for sale last summer and that meant putting all prized posessions away into safe keeping. I have searched and I have searched and it was no where to be found. Over the last few weeks I have asked St Anthony for help in telling me where to look. Today, I prayed to him again for help. After my prayer, I went straight to my jewelry box in our bedroom to look again. I started by looking in a box that contained a pair of earrings. In that box was THE necklace I'd been looking for! I was moved to tears when I found it because I thought I'd misplaced it and it was gone for good.

I know this necklace may not seem like much to some, but to me it was the world and I am SO grateful I have found it with the help of St Anthony and wanted to show him just how grateful I am/was.

VS
  MI
Friday, April 18, 2008
 Praise
I believe in St.Anthony's miracles and power. I did not know about HIM because I was born and brought up as Protestant. I came to know about St. Anthony through a Catholic friend. We did not have a child for 8 years of marriage. With strong faith and trust on St. Anthony I prayed to Him to bless us with a child and graciously let us also hold our baby like St. Anthony holding a baby Jesus in HIS arm. He answered our prayer and blessed us with a child. It is a great miracle for us and still we wonder and praise St. Anthony for HIS power to do Miracles. Now my wife is pregnant for 4 months and I have faith and trust on St. Anthony that HE will be with my wife and with my child and bless us to have a very Blessed child with a normal delivery. It is a miracle happened in our life by St. Anthony. I want to share my miraculous experience to you all to Praise and Glorify St. Anthony's Name.

J.K.
  ILLINOIS
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
 St. Anthony Works
My beloved dog Dillon made an escape during the night of April 3 which I didn't discover until the following morning. I called for him, I drove the neigboring vicinity numerous times, showing his pictures around. I contacted various rescue agencies, visited the pound, posted fliers, but no dog. I tried to wait it out, see if he might come home on his own, but nothing. I was beginning to wonder if I was being punished for leaving the gate unlocked, and if God had decided Dillon would not be returned to me.

Finally my sister in Houston told me to ask 'Brother' Anthony to help me find my dog, She always talks to him when she loses things. Her mother-in-law had told her to talk to 'Brother' Anthony when she lost things. I did not know Brother Anthony. But I cried and prayed to God and Brother Anthony to please return my dog.

In the early afternoon of 4/10, I got a phone call; a couple who lives a number of miles north of me had found my dog on 4/5 & they were holding him!! He was safe and unharmed and they had taken very good care of him. Yesterday afternoon, me and Dillon had a happy and noisey reunion.

Bless those people, I am grateful for their compassion for Dillon, and I thank God and St Anthony on my knees for his safe return. So if you lose something very dear to you, talk to St Anthony, he works for you!

Kathy
  Tulsa, Ok
Friday, April 11, 2008
 Wallet
I knew I took just my wallet to the store this afternoon and when i came back i just put it down in the garage while talking to neighbors. At 6:30 I had an appointment and realized I couldn't find my wallet. I prayed to St Anthony for the past 4 hours, while searching on hands and knees for it. I even put a "all points bulletin" out to my neighbors thinking I may have placed it on the car and drove away. then while getting ready for bed, i looked down on the floor and it was like it jumped out at me. My wallet was under my dresser where I know i looked at least 30 times tonight. I know in my heart of hearts, St Anthony was there to help me. thank you St Anthony!

Cara
  Indianapolis, IN
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
 St. Anthony Always Provides
On Easter Sunday, I realized I had lost an earring, most likely at church. I called to ask if it had been found, but was told no. Because the earring is important to me - my mom who has passed gave it to me - I decided to go to the church in person after praying to St. Anthony asking for the return of my earring. When I went to the church, I was told no earring had been found. I was kind of persistent, and said that St. Anthony never let me down, and could I go look anyway. We proceeded to the lost and found spot, and there it was! The person I was with couldn't believe it, and said it had not been there before. I said it was okay, the important thing was that it was there now, as I knew St. Anthony would provide, as always. Thank you St. Anthony!

Elayne
  Rhode Island
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
 Earring
I lost my gold earring on Jan 2008 and was very sad as that was my husbands precious gift for me . After 3 month, I went to a chapel to pray , I found saint antonys book and that said he is the saint to find the lost things.

I thought myself the only thing I lost is my gold earring three month back, and I prayed to him on Friday 29th march 2008 and after 2 days I found it inside the gas stove . It was really a miracle that my prayer were answered within two days .

Maria
  Boston
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
 Never Fails
St. Anthony has been my mum's patron for years till now (who is not a catholic but she accepted christ at the age of 73). She believes that whatever she asked God through St. Anthony was answered and she always would call out his name. After seeing all the wonders for years, he also became my patron and through his intercessions for me, after 10 years, God blessed me with a beautiful daughter (1st child) who brought so much of joy and happiness to me and my husband. St Anthony intercedes for everybody, who asks for things from their hearts according to God's will. St Anthony never fails us. St Anthony is my first Saint that I look for whenever I need a shoulder to cry or help. He keeps us close to God. Thank you Lord and St Anthony for all the miracles and wonders that happened in my life in times of sorrows and happy moments. Thank you, you will always be my patron.

Michelle
  Kuala Lumpur, West Malaysia
Monday, March 31, 2008
 Thanks
I really do not know much about St. Anthony, but when I was still young, I remember my mom telling me to pray to St. Anthony and to ask for his help whenever something gets lost. So since then, I would always ask for his help whenever I lose something in the house and almost instantly I would find it. He has never failed me yet. He always answers my prayers. Thank you St. Anthony!

Ivy
  Manila, Philippines
Monday, March 31, 2008
 Two Occasions of Help
I have had two occasions where I KNOW St. Anthony helped me find a lost object. Two weeks ago I noticed the beautiful gold bracelet my husband gave me for our 25th wedding anniversary was not on my arm. I began to pray to St. Anthony to help me find it. (My grandmother's favorite saint and she always told us to pray to him.) My job takes me to 3 different cities each week as well as 2 homes. Lost and found advertisements were put in the newspaper as well as on line at work. Everywhere I went I looked for my bracelet and prayed to St. Anthony. I wouldn't believe it was gone. One morning at work I received an e-mail with the subject line "I found your bracelet." A brand new employee was walking across the parking lot and saw my bracelet on the ground. It had been there next to my parking place for 2 weeks. How wonderful it was to see my gift again. Thank you St. Anthony. Ten years ago I noticed only one pearl earring sitting on my desk. The earrings were given to me by my husband on the birth of our first child. They are very special and I wear them almost every day. I began to pray to St. Anthony as I looked frantically around the desk. All of a sudden I heard a "ping" and saw the missing earring on the floor far away from the desk. It had not been there moments before and this was witnessed by both my daughters and me. Thank you St. Anthony.

Candace
  Louisiana
Sunday, March 30, 2008
 Bag Found
My bag was stolen a month ago in a restaurant in central London, UK. I have just been called by the Police to say that they've recovered my purse! One of the things I was most upset to have lost was my Saint's card that I carry around with me always because my best friend's mum had given it to me at the time of my best friend's dad passing away. Of course the Saint being St Anthony! Police have confirmed that the card is still in the purse, so I think in some way he helped to be found again!

Michelle
  London
Sunday, March 23, 2008
 Unbelievable Help
This is so unbelievable...my son called and told me that keys to the work van were lost and they were blaming him because he was the last person to use the van. He said he might get suspended from work. He was absolutely positive he put them back and thought someone might have stolen them (he works at a school for delinquent boys). He was very upset and I felt so bad for him especially because it is Holy Saturday. I immediately got on my computer and started saying any prayer I could find to St. Anthony. He has helped me NUMEROUS times before. I was still on this website when my son called and said the keys were found in a place where he hadn't even been. Thank you again St. Anthony!!!!!!

Saturday, March 22, 2008
 Furniture Sold
I prayed to my patron saint to bring someone to my ad, that would want to purchase my son's furniture. I needed the money badly to pay off bills. And, within 24 hours the furniture was sold. I owe it all to my St. Anthony.

Kim
  Tigard, Oregon
Sunday, March 16, 2008
 Miracle
Ok so I had just lost my dad's credit card, and i despratley nedded to find it so that he could use it when he left to go out of town for the weekend. It had been lost for several weeks So when my dad asked me for it, i knew it had been lost. So i searched for Saint Anthony and found this message board that gave me the inspiration to pray hard to him to find the credit card. I went to look in my car, that i keep clean, and there it was right behind the drivers seat. I ran inside and now I am writing this message to show everyone that the Lord works miracles, and will always be there when you need him most. I am so grateful that i found this message board to give me faith when i needed it the most!

jamie
  Midland, tx
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
 Schoolbook
My son Nathan had misplaced his English book in school for almost two days, I immediately started praying to St. Anthony and lo and behold on the third day, we found it. I made Nathan too to pray to St. Anthony. Thanks so much.

VQ
  India, Maharashtra
Monday, March 10, 2008
 Engagement Ring
I got engaged on Christmas Eve - and on 28th of Feb i lost my ring! i retraced all my steps - the Bank, the shop, i searched the car, the compost bin (!) the kitchen bin, the cat litter tray, the washing machine, drier, dishwasher - i searched the house inside and out! A few people had said that i should pray to St Anthony and it would be found. So today, March 8th i went to the church and said a prayer to St Anthony - i also asked my friend Anne who died suddenly last November if she saw where i lost it to mention it to St Anthony because i'm sure he is very busy. Shortly after I arrived home (not more than an hour after i'd been to Church to petition St Anthony i got an urge to check the drier again - and to look under the filter. So i took out the filter, shone a small torch into the gap below - and there it was!! i can hardly believe it !! So thank you St Anthony for your help. I am going to go to church again tomorrow to petition St Anthony again, this time to find a lost child, Madeleine.

Marie
  ireland
Saturday, March 08, 2008
 Records Found
I asked for prayer yesterday, to help my girlfriend find her immunization records for school. She is in collegee, and needs these records before she can receive her final grades. She is 49 years old, and these records were from back in grade school. Thank you St. Anthony, she found them today.

Randy
  CutOff, La
Thursday, February 28, 2008
 St. Anthony's Helper
I cruised in Oct. 07, on the Golden Princess ship. I found a wallet filled with lots of cash money and credit cards in one of the ports in a store. I yelled out the name of the man and I immediatly found him and returned his lost wallet. I didn't ask for a reward. I was just happy to return his wallet. He was a young man.

On Feb. 11, 08, I cruised on the "Monarch of the seas" ship....and again I found a gal's wallet filled with lots of cash and credit cards. I found the gal by calling her cabin number and again I gave it to her without asking for a reward. I have never in my life had the experience of finding lost wallets until recently.

I wonder if St. Anthony uses me to find the wallets of travelers because he knows I will make sure they get their wallets with all of their cash and credit cards.



Lucia
  Glendale, California
Saturday, February 16, 2008
 No Coincidence
I have long had an affinity for St. Anthony, since i was a child. I really can't explain why; i just always knew of him somehow, and felt a riveting bond. I would pray to him, if i misplaced things, often being called on by other family members to solicit his help in finding important "lost" things.

I had a hard childhood, and left home to venture on my own, in an attempt to find my path and to protect myself from abuse. Like St. Anthony, i have always been one to follow my own drummer, and to not partake in the popular vote or mentality. It has been a difficult life; i have often felt very alone and rejected.

I believe God shows his face in mysterious ways. I was raised rural, and love animals with a passion, even though i find myself living in a huge metropolis. Somehow, i have hung onto my simplicity therein. I was walking today, feeling misplaced and alone. I encountered a dog that is 16 years old, and can barely breathe or walk. However, whenever he sees me, he becomes so excited. He wags his tail and runs (sometimes out into traffic!) to get to me. The owner is fully shocked by his repsonse to me, declaring he can barely walk a block but reacts like that to me! He hardly has an appetite but is far too happy to take a biscuit or two (that i carry with me for all the neighborhood dogs) when offered. He showers me with heart-touching unconditional acceptance and love, and i feel his joy at my being. Rarely do i feel this from my human counterparts, or anywhere really.

I finally asked the owner today, what his name is. She replied, "Tony."

Coincidence? perhaps...but i, i think not.

Ohio
Thursday, February 14, 2008
 Divine Intercession
My mother taught me from a young age to ask for St. Anthony's help in finding lost items. This has helped me to keep a peaceful attitude, to pray with faith rather than fretting. 35 years ago, when I was 15 years old, I prayed to St. Anthony to help find what now seems an insignificant item. I had lost my belt & felt I desperately needed it. I prayed, & a lamp turned on in my bedroom, with no one near it Figuring it must be help, I looked at my bedroom from the angle of the lamp, & sure enough found the belt! This incident still helps my faith in prayers & Divine intercession.

June
  CA
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
 Faith in St. Anthony
A colleague at work was expressing great distress over the loss of her safety deposit box keys. They had been missing since before Christmas and she said she looked everywhere for them. She told me she would have to make an appointment with the bank and for a costly fee have the box opened. I told her that she must look one more time for them and that I will ask for St. Anthony's help in what appeared to be a hopeless situation. Now, this lady always speaks very low and I have never heard her raise her voice in the 10 years I have known her. Just yesterday, one day after our conversation, she called screaming and near tears. She found the keys. My heart rejoiced in the discovery and the intervention of St. Anthony. My faith grew even stronger because of this. God's spiritual people (heavenly and earthly) are my inspiration. Thank you, St. Anthony, for your assistance. I know you are always there for me.

noella
  New Brunswick, Canada
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
 Good Grades
I wish to submit my utmost heartfelt thanks to our St. Anthony and through him to our Lord, Jesus Christ, for having heard my prayers for my children to pass their exams. Both passed in first grade.

Jennifer
  kampala, Uganda
Monday, February 04, 2008
 Passports Found
Two years ago, I asked my father who is an 83-year-old widower, if he would like to take a tour to Sicily and his hometown which he hadn't been back since 1960. He was so pleased that I wanted to take him on vacation. I couldn't find his old passport from 1960. I looked throughout his whole house in every draw and closet. Since he was born in New York City, we went to get a copy of his birth certificate at City Hall. We then applied for a new passport for him. For three months we waited for his passport. Our trip was one week away, and we went to the passport office to find out what was the problem. The agent said my father's citizenship was revoked because he served in the Italian Army during World War II. My father was drafted into Mussolini's army; he had no choice. I argued with the agent that he came to the US in 1949 with a American passport and he had gone to Italy in 1960 with an American passport. She said that she would have Washington D.C. look for his 1960 passport, but it would be done manually because this is before documents were entered on computers. The agent didn't know how long this would take.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday we went to the passport office and begged the agent to help us to speed the process since we were to leave for Sicily that Friday. My poor father was so disappointed and said I should go alone without him. Thursday morning we went to the bank to his safe-deposit box thinking it might be there--it wasn't. I had a St. Anthony novena pray, and with all my heart prayed to St. Anthony for his help to locate my father's old passport as proof that he was given an American passport.

I told my father let's go back to his house again to search for the passport. My father thought this was useless. I decided to look in the basement again. This time I went into the boiler room and started looking randomly throwing everything out of a closet onto the floor--nothing. But then I noticed the old dining table and chairs had a torn-up old shopping bag and I looked inside and there were the 1949 and 1960 passports that I was searching for.

It took me 15 minutes to find his passports. That same morning we went back to the passport office with the passports and showed it to the agent. She told us to wait as she went to her supervisor with the passports to get his approval. By 12 noon my father had his new passport and the following day we were off to Sicily.

I told my father about my prayer to St. Anthony and how this was truly miraculous. St. Anthony never fails. I am very grateful to God and St. Anthony that my father was able to go on vacation.

Queens, NY
Sunday, February 03, 2008
 Keys and More Keys
About 5 years ago, I had just started a new job with a retail store. While helping a customer, an important key fell off of my key ring. Being in a new job, I was very frazzled with having lost this key and frantically searched all over the floor under the clothing racks, even across the aisle in case it bounced.

I had 2 other people helping me search to no avail. One of my co-workers suggested I ask St. Anthony to help. After asking for his help, I reached into the pocket of a coat hanging on one of the racks (WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF THAT) and there was the key.

This morning, I was cleaning the snow off of my car with my keys in my hand. After a few minutes I went to start my car so it would warm up while I finished brushing off the snow. That's when I realized my car key was no longer on my key ring. I knew I hadn't left if elsewhere because I had used in to unlock the car to get out my snow brush. I realized in must have fallen into the snow. I searched and searched. It could have been anywhere and covered in snow. I had already cleaned off half of my car and had been brushing a lot of snow to the ground (about 5 inches on the car). I raked through the snow with my brush for several minutes then I went to get the shovel. I started picking up shovels full of snow and tossing them to the side in hopes that I would find my key (a black chunky VW key).

I searched in total for over 30 minutes. Then I remembered St. Anthony. I asked him for help. I told him that if he helped my find my key, I would tell everyone about him and that I would e-mail the co-worker that told me about St. Anthony 5 years ago (we don't work together anymore) and let her know of his help. In less than 5 minutes I found my key IN SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW, about 3-4 feet in front of my car!

Sara
  Milwaukee, WI
Friday, February 01, 2008
 Guidance From Above
Last year, around February, we got news from my husband's employer that they were moving their office from Lubbock to Austin, Texas. Because of the move, they were urging all employees to relocate. We debated with the thought, and we prayed to Saint Anthony for guidance. The company initially permitted my husband to stay and work in Lubbock for 3 months until we got things situated. The following month, we went back home to the Philippines for a much-needed vacation. We were in time to attend Sulangan's (a pilgrimage barrio in Guiuan E. Samar known for Saint Anthony's miracles) fiesta. While there, we prayed to Saint Anthony for guidance and to bless our decisions.

We took every chance we got to attend Mass in Sulangan. We came back to Texas after a month, and soon afterwards, we got an overseas call from the Cofradia asking if we would like to be Hermanos ( fiesta Sponsors )for the Saint Anthony's fiesta in 2015. We agreed with all our heart. July came, and we decided to put our house on the market. We listed it hoping that we could relocate at the soonest possible time. There were a lot of prospective buyers, but none of them made a reasonable offer. Days turned into months and we were getting desperate. Fall came, still no offers on the house. But all the while, we kept praying to Saint Anthony.

Meanwhile, the company that my husband was working for announced that they were financially burdened. They lost one of their major investors. Because of this, they were 2 weeks late in paying my husband's salary. (And it was only 2 weeks before Christmas!) We feared the worst, but we still hung on. We knew that amidst the trying times, God through Saint Anthony was trying to tell us something. Out of desperation, my husband tried applying for a job based in New Braunfels (a city 30 min. away from San Antonio, Texas). Within a week, he got interviewed and finally hired. He started working for the company on the 2nd day of January 2008. (The work environment was what my husband has been praying for.)

He loves his job and the people that he works with. My husband now has an apartment in San Antonio. January 14th came, a new family looked at our house. Two days after, our Realtor was calling us with the news. The family made an offer and we accepted. We signed the contract Friday Jan 18th. Here's the most amazing part, the family will close on the house on May 27th! This means that our girls will stay in their school until the school year ends. All through these trying times we knew in our hearts, that Someone was guiding us and that's where we intend to stay.

texas
Thursday, January 31, 2008
 Wallets and More Wallets
(One day, my sister who is married to an american doctor called to tell us that her husband lost his wallet on the way back from a fishing trip, so we help her pray to St Anthony and after a day, his husband's wallet was returned to their clinic.)

Last October 2007, we were hosting a canadian guest during the mascara festival in our city. As we watched the street parade of participating groups and joined the street dancing and amidst thousand of spectators and participants on the streets, my friend lost his wallet. It contained all his IDs and money for his carpenters' pay for the week. So after tracing our routes following the street parade it was impossible to find. So we went back to the hotel, and I shared the story of St. anthony's miracle. with my brother-in-law, and advised him to pray for his intercession. Lo and behold, the next day, while my friend was busy cancelling hs credit cards and re-applying for his driver's license, someone returned his wallet to their house! Isn't that great! Our canadian guest commented, "YOUR FAITH IS SCARY."

My friend is a member of a catholic business group and shared his testimony to his group. Two months later, a member lost her wallet. Learning the lesson, they all prayed for her behalf; after a day again her wallet was returned! Now this is really GREAT! I've always beleived in St Anthony. Stories about his miracles have been manifested in all my family of 6 siblings and cousins.

bing
  bacolod city, philippines
Saturday, January 26, 2008
 'My Favorite Saint'
I come from a large family and for as long as i can remember my mother has been talking to Saint Anthony; now all of my sisters have followed and we speak about him as if he was another member of the family. He has helped us find numerous things over the years, But he has also helped us in so many other ways. There is always somebody in the family who is awaiting a request, and I cannot remember a time when any of us have been let down. He is my favorite Saint and will always be.

ireland
Friday, January 18, 2008
 Believing in Miracles
A few years ago, we had trouble locating my son's birth certificate. We searched every file, every drawer, & every box in storage in the garage. We incredibly stressed about this. Our only hope was to pray to St. Anthony. One afternoon I went to the grocery store... as I returned, I walked up the steps in the garage leading into the house - I stepped on a piece of paper, I looked underneath my foot, and found that it was my son's birth cerficate. I called my husband to ask why he laid it there (after he found it), and he said he didn't do it. It was as if someone put it there to get my attention. I was shocked & my eyes were filled with tears. This was an absolute miracle. I am thankful & without a doubt, I believe in miracles.

Alpharetta, GA
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
 Just the Fax
I work for a veterinary clinic where we routinely have to send bloodwork to outside labs. One day, a very sick cat's blood was misplaced. Even though it had been boxed up and prepared for shipment, we were not able to locate it and had to reschedule the cat for another appointment. Feeling very badly that the cat was suffering and would have to wait even longer for relief, I prayed to St. Anthony. Today, we received the lab results over the fax machine. No one knows how the blood got to the lab, but everyone is very grateful to St. Anthony, especially Misty the cat (who never had to come in for the 2nd appointment).

Sara
  Columbus, OH
Friday, January 11, 2008
 Just Believe
I believe in St. Anthony! When I was a very small girl I had lost things that I thought were of great value. They weren't really lost just misplaced. My mother always told me to believe and in time you will find it. Now that I am much older, and still believe as I have lost many things in the past I have told this to my children and grandchildren. Just the other day my sister lost a charm that her 6 sisters had given her; we all said a prayer, and would you believe she found it that night!

gina
  thamesville, ontario canada
Thursday, January 03, 2008
 Powerful Saint
We had lost our parish ID card & a couple of vouchers that were valuable. We had been searching everywhere but those were not found. As always, we prayed to St. Anthony - a one line prayer & the lost items were found in 5 mins. It is indeed true that he is one of the most powerful saints.

Jennifer
  Chennai, India
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
 Manger Scene
I moved to a new house a few years back and I had a new manger scene that I used the first year we moved in, since then, I have been unable to locate my manger set for 2 Christmas seasons now. This year is quite different, in that I asked for St. Anthony's help in finding it, and that very same day I asked for his help, it was found! I am so happy I found it in time for this Christmas. It's still being displayed in my living room at the moment, as I don't have the heart to pack it away just yet. After New Years sometime I will pack it away for next season, hopefully, in a more reasonable location, and LABELED!!

NY
  
Friday, December 28, 2007
 Found on Christmas
My husband was not brought up to give gifts. A few years ago he had his sister-in-law pick out a diamond ring for me. That ring meant the world to me and I lost it just before this Christmas. I hunted the house with a fine-tooth comb. Afraid to tell him I'd lost it I prayed to St Anthony many times, and today, Christmas day, I found it on the floor under my desk. Thank you, St Anthony, I will honor you always and spread your name.

MM
  new york
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
 Money Found
My daughter misplaced an envelope with a large sum of money. I have prayed for several hours, all night and all day, for St. Anthony to intercede and help her find this money.

Almost twenty four hours after learning she misplaced this, the envelope was found! Thank you, St. Anthony!

Ohio
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
 Car Key
I had lost my car key on the 13th of Dec 2007 at my place of work. I serched everywhere & informed all around & by Email but did not find it. One of my new acquaintances suggested that my wife & me pray to Saint Anthony which we did for 2 days when I almost gave up & thought of ordering a new key which would cost me Omani Riyals 45 & other expenses another 20. I got a call from a person who works about 40 KM away from my place of work who told me that he had a person in his office who works in my company and was there to buy some equipment to whom he mentioned that I had lost my car key & replied that someone had handed over a car key to him which when I went to check was my care key. I sincerely thank Saint Anthony for this wonderful favor.

stanley
  muscat, oman
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
 Even After Eight Months
Recently, while searching for my camera in my cupboard safe, I happened to find a bill. After opening the bill, I realized that it was a laundry bill dated 01.05.2007 for two sofa covers. I was shocked that this bill was lying in the safe without being attended to. It was an eight-month-old bill. I immediately started praying to St. Anthony saying that hope the laundry person has kept our sofa covers with him since there was a big delay of about eight months. Usually the laundry man keeps a target of 15 days for delivery and here we are with our eight-month-old bill. I asked my husband to take the bill to the laundry and ask for our covers. Lo and behold this morning, he went to the laundry and the laundry man gave him the sofa covers. Thanks a lot to St. Anthony.

VQ
  India, Maharashtra
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
 'Restored My Faith'
Our cat, Cookie, got out of the house and was lost for about a week. My mom told me to pray to St. Anthony as he was the saint of lost things. Cookie was a very needed part of our family so I got on my knees and prayed to St. Anthony. The next day, Cookie arrived home. This miracle has restored my faith.

Janice
  Ferguson, MO
Sunday, December 02, 2007
 A Sister Saved
St. Anthony has created a miracle in my family!

My sister almost died during childbirth. She lost all of the blood in her body. She is a small woman and this was her fourth child who she was so happy to be having as it would be the first boy. After the happy delivery, she began to bleed and was intubated and put on a respirator. No one has ever survived this. She was in critical for several days and very close to death. This was on All Saints Day. I prayed to the Blessed Mother, St. Gerard, all the Angels and Saints and specifically to St. Anthony and St. Jude. They saved my sister's life. She needed a hysterectomy but did not suffer brain damage or stroke. The baby is beautiful and I call him JudeAnthony as I promised. Thank you, Saint Anthony, for keeping my sister with us!

Debra
  Bronx , NY
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
 Another Answered Prayer
My daughter lost her set of keys with many important keys, as well as her college I.D and work keys, house and car keys. I prayed to St. Anthony as I have done before to find these keys and lo and behold they were found safe and all together. Thank you, St. Anthony; you have again answered my prayers.

lisa
  ny
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
 Wallet
I have found my wallet! In an unusual place as always. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You, St. Anthony.

Holly
  Reno, NV
Monday, November 26, 2007
 'I Always Turn to You'
I have always trusted St. Anthony to find items for me in the past and he has never let me down. This week, I mislaid an important notebook. I looked every place I could think without success, but then decided to leave the problem to St. Anthony. A day later I found the notebook in a file into which I had wedged it..once again St. Anthony thank you for coming to my rescue so many times. I always turn to you in times of loss. All of my family pray to you for your help in finding items. Thank you again.

Cecily
  Abbekas, Sweden
Sunday, November 25, 2007
 Never Fails
Every time I misplace somthing I pray to Saint Anthony, and within 30 seconds, I find the misplaced items.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007
 Quick Prayer
I had lost my wallet with my birth certificate in it. I needed it for a licensing application form, I looked through the entire house for a week and could not find it. While lying in bed one morning an inner voice had said pray to saint Anthony for your wallet. I think I said a quick prayer and later that day my daughter found my wallet.

Thank You St. Anthony.

Steve
  London, Ontario
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
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