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SPECIAL PATRON SAINTS:
ANIMALS:
St. Francis of Assisi
DOGS:
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Roch
St. Hubert
LOST PETS:
St. Anthony of Padua
CANCER-RELATED CASES:
St. Peregrine Laziosi
EMOTIONAL, MENTAL, NERVOUS DISORDERS:
St. Dymphna
EYE PROBLEMS:
St. Lucy
St. Odilia
"IMPOSSIBLE CASES"
St. Jude Thaddeus
St. Rita
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
PRAYERS TO SAINTS LISTED ABOVE THAT ARE NOT FOUND ON THIS PRAYER PAGE CAN BE FOUND BY VISITING OUR "SISTER SITE":
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St. Francis of Assisi
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OFFICIAL PET PRAYER LINE PRAYER:
PRAYER FOR OUR ANIMAL FRIENDS
(To make a Novena for a sick pet,
say this prayer for 9 consecutive days)
Heavenly Father, the bond we have with our friends of other species is a wonderful and special gift from You. We now ask You to grant our special animal companions your Fatherly care and healing power to take away any suffering they have. They trust in us as we trust in You. Give us, their human friends, new understanding of our responsibilities to these creatures of Yours. Our souls and theirs are on this earth together to share friendship, affection, and caring. Take our heartfelt prayers and bless these ill or suffering animals with healing Light and strength to overcome whatever weakness of body they have:
(Here mention the names of the animals needing prayer).
Your goodness is turned upon every living thing; Your grace flows to all Your creatures; Your Light touches each of us with the reflection of Your love. Grant long and healthy lives to our special animal companions. Bless their relationships with us, and if You see fit to take them from us, help us to understand that they are not gone from us but only drawing closer to You. Grant our prayer through the intercession of good St. Francis of Assisi, who honored You through all Your creatures. Empower him to watch over our animal friends until they are safely with You in eternity, where we someday hope to join them in honoring You forever. Amen.
Copyright 1999 Gloria Pinsker
May not be reprinted or distributed without authorization
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PRAYER TO ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA,
PATRON SAINT OF THE LOST
Dear St. Anthony, you are the Patron of the poor and the helper of all who seek lost articles. Help me to find what I have lost,
(here name what you have lost)
so that I will be able to make better use of the time that I will gain for God's greater honor and glory. Grant your gracious aid to all people who seek what they have lost -- especially those who seek to regain God's grace. Amen.
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MIRACULOUS RESPONSORY
OF ST. ANTHONY
(An ancient and very powerful prayer)
If then you ask for a miracle,
death, error, all calamities,
the leprosy and demons fly,
and health succeeds infirmities.
The sea obeys and fetters break,
and lifeless limbs you do restore;
while treasures lost are found again
when young or old your aid implore.
All dangers vanish at your prayer,
and direst need does quickly flee.
Let those who know your power proclaim,
let Paduans say these are of thee.
The sea obeys and fetters break,
and lifeless limbs you do restore;
while treasures lost are found again
when young or old your aid implore.
To the Father, Son may glory be,
and Holy Spirit eternally.
The sea obeys and fetters break,
and lifeless limbs you do restore;
while treasures lost are found again
when young or old your aid implore.
Pray for us, blessed Saint Anthony,
that we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Amen.
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PRAYER TO ST. FRANCIS
FOR OUR PETS
Good St. Francis, you loved all of God's creatures.
To you they were your brothers and sisters.
Help us to follow your example
of treating every living thing with kindness.
St. Francis, Patron Saint of animals,
watch over my pet
and keep my companion safe and healthy.
Amen.
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NOVENA PRAYER TO ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
(Recite this prayer for 9 consecutive days)
St. Francis of Assisi, help us. By your example may we learn that life does not consist in the pursuit of wealth nor in the abundance of our possessions.
St. Francis of Assisi, come to our aid. Because we live at a time when men glorify ease and seek after luxuries, and when many wish only the gratification of fleshly desires, we stand in special need of your single-minded dedication to Christ in the narrow way that leads to life.
St. Francis of Assisi, assist us now. May we appreciate as you did the beauties of God's wonderful creation and the glory of the world He made for us. Help us to enjoy and appreciate God's bounty without spoiling or defacing His gifts by our heedlessness and greed.
Teach us, seraphic Father Francis, to value all things as Christ did and to be imitators of Him as you were. May we thus enjoy the good things of life, but always prefer the blessings of the endless life to come. Amen.
V. God forbid that I should glory...
R. Save in the cross of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
St. Francis, the Little Poor Man of Assisi, we invoke you as the admirable mirror you were of our Divine Master. You imitated Christ in your humility and obedience. You faithfully followed Him in poverty and weakness. With joy you accepted suffering, contempt, and trials, for the sake of His name. In your goodness help us, then, to imitate your example. By your power with God, obtain for us the special favor we now seek throughout your intercession.
(Here name your petitions).
Please pray for us, gentle and happy saint of the poor, that we may always be loyal followers of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and filled always with Divine riches. Amen.
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ROSARY PETITION PRAYER TO OBTAIN A FAVOR
(To be said before or after recitation of the Rosary)
Bright Lady of Heaven, bestow your beautiful, unending graces upon the child who now comes to you, greeting you with honor and seeking your maternal help. Bend toward this poor child of yours to accept this string of roses I offer you, and touch me with your constant joy and hope.
Dear Heavenly Mother, God honored you by choosing you to be His only Son's mother. He has given Food to our spiritually-starved world through your total, humble acceptance. When you felt sorrow, you asked only that God's Will be done, and when you felt joy, you gave Him thanks for it. Centuries ago, you opened a bright future to our world by opening your soul to God's Light. You delivered to our world the Hope that would give us eternal life, and from the cross Jesus gave us a sweet, caring, Heavenly Mother to help us, just as you helped Him when he was a human child. Please continue to grant your earthly children your maternal protection and assistance.
Delight of God, Joy of Heaven, Hope of Earth, I give you my heartfelt gratitude for being a true Mother to me all my life. I will honor you with my best efforts to continue offering these Rosaries to you. Dear, Sweet Mother, continue to give me the help you have always given to me. Pour out upon me a beautiful shower of graces. Ask Your Son, Jesus, to grant me strength of soul, strength of heart, and strength of will, to be put to work as appropriately determined by God. Go to Him for me and give Him the prayer I put in your hands. He will not refuse His mother -- I am depending on it! Hear my prayer, Sweet Heavenly Mother, in my present necessity: (here mention your petitions). Do not give a thought to the virtues I do not possess, or determine your help by what I deserve, as I am both unworthy and undeserving. Consider me only as the child who comes begging my Heavenly Mother for assistance, hoping you will hear my prayer and help me. Amen.
-- copyright 2001
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