# Prayer to St. Anthony for lost souls
*2015-06-12*

> On the feast day of St. Anthony of Padua, Bill Young reflects on the saint's role in helping us find our way back to God.

## Finding our way home

Good afternoon. This is Bill Young, and this is the Prayer N Lunch podcast, Saturday, June 13th. Today is the feast day of St. Anthony. Of course, St. Anthony is known for when we pray for lost items, but he is also known for when we are lost and need to find our way back. St. Anthony, today we pray that you help us intercede so that we can find the way back home to our Lord, Jesus Christ.

## An invocation to St. Anthony

We pray the invocation to St. Anthony: Oh dear St. Anthony, I turn my prayers to you, confident in your compassionate goodness, which enables you to hear and to console everyone who intercedes for me before God. You who led your life according to the Gospel, help me to live in faith and in Christian hope. You who preached the message of love, inspire all people with the desire for peace and fraternity.

## Interceding for the suffering

You, who helped with miracles those who were stricken by suffering and injustice, come to the aid of the poor and those who are forgotten in this world. I ask you to bless in particular my family and my workplace, keeping far away from us all that may harm body and soul. May I always remain united to God in times of joy and in times of trial. May I have faith and love.

*St. Anthony helps us recover not only the things we have lost, but our very souls as we seek the way back to Christ.*