Most Efficacious Prayer to St. Anthony
O Holy St. Anthony, the gentlest and kindest of all the Saints, your
burning love of God, your exalted virtue, and your great charity towards
your fellow creatures, made you worthy, when on earth to possess miraculous powers, 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 of bitter trial was never addressed to you in vain. To the sick you gave back health; you restored what was lost; the sorrow stricken were the objects of your tender compassion; even the dead you raised to life when the wounded cried out to you from the depths of its bitter anguish. When on earth nothing was impossible to you, except not to have compassion on those in distress and sorrow. Encouraged I kneel before your holy image, and full of confidence, I implore you to obtain (here mention your request). The answer to this prayer may require a miracle, even so, are you not the Saint of Miracles who, when on earth, had but to speak the mightiest wonders were wrought. O gentle and loving St. Anthony, you whose heart was always full of human sympathy, whisper my prayer into the ears of the Infant Jesus who loved to linger in your arms. One word from you and my prayer will be granted. O, speak that word and the gratitude of my heart will ever be yours. Amen. Our Father, Hail Mary
and Glory be.