prayers to st. anthony for lost items

BUBBLE WRAP

So as the tital suggests Im looking for different prayers. I lost something and I really need it. I rader not say what I lost. So what are the prayers to St. Anthony?

Thanks.

Onesimus

gwan tell us what you lost. :pac:

Just go to Saint Anthonys poor box. Throw in around 1000 euro for the poor and pray that he finds it for you.

philologos

I find the idea that we should pray to the deceased rather than to God interesting and a little bizarre. Then again I think the idea of God as being a finder of lost items rather odd too.

Edit: God is a finder of lost people (see Luke 15).

Onesimus

Before I forget I gotta quickly enter in here and say I was only pulling your leg OP about the 1000 euro lol

But just pray to Saint Anthony at home or go to the local Church where there is a set prayer there in a frame to St.Anthony. I'd recommend throwing anything you can into the poor box also.

I find the idea that we should pray to the deceased rather than to God interesting and a little bizarre.

''He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You therefore do greatly err.'' ( Mark 12:27 )

philologos

Onesimus wrote: »

''He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You therefore do greatly err.'' ( Mark 12:27 )

That has to do with eternal life, not to do with praying to people rather than God alone.

Onesimus

philologos wrote: »

That has to do with eternal life, not to do with praying to people rather than God alone.

Absolutely Phil you are right. It has to do with Eternal life. And in asking you for prayer ( who are alive ) I am asking also those for prayer ( who are alive in heaven ) for their prayers too.

philologos

Onesimus wrote: »

Absolutely Phil you are right. It has to do with Eternal life. And in asking you for prayer ( who are alive ) I am asking also those for prayer ( who are alive in heaven ) for their prayers too.

I'm confused as to why you would do that rather than listening to God alone?

Onesimus

philologos wrote: »

I'm confused as to why you would do that rather than listening to God alone?

Then you must be equally confused that St.Paul often asked people to intercede for him ( and encouraged others to do the same ) in the scriptures.

BUBBLE WRAP

I lost my retaier. So unless I find it fast my teeth will go back to sh1t. So every minute counts lol

Onesimus

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

I lost my retaier. So unless I find it fast my teeth will go back to sh1t. So every minute counts lol

I will pray for you this evening Bubblewrap that you find it. and I will ask St.Anthony to pray for you also.

Goodnight.

Onesimus

philologos

Onesimus wrote: »

Then you must be equally confused that St.Paul often asked people to intercede for him ( and encouraged others to do the same ) in the scriptures.

We should probably take this to the megathread, but I disagree with you. People praying together isn't quite the same thing as praying to a person.

BUBBLE WRAP

Onesimus wrote: »

I will pray for you this evening Bubblewrap that you find it. and I will ask St.Anthony to pray for you also.

Goodnight.

Onesimus

My name is Peter. If thats any better then praying for bubble wrap.

Thanks.

aujopimur

As a non believer I would'nt bother, but my sister who's into the praying in a big way, prayed to St. Anthony with the promise of a €50 to find a lost diamond from her engagement ring.
Low and behold two days later a coworker spotted it glistening on the floor in a large warehouse.

BUBBLE WRAP

aujopimur wrote: »

As a non believer I would'nt bother, but my sister who's into the praying in a big way, prayed to St. Anthony with the promise of a €50 to find a lost diamond from her engagement ring.
Low and behold two days later a coworker spotted it glistening on the floor in a large warehouse.

Lucky her.

Onesimus

philologos wrote: »

We should probably take this to the megathread, but I disagree with you. People praying together isn't quite the same thing as praying to a person.

No need to take anything to the megathread, its an open and shut case. the word prayer has many different meanings and is not just a one way street.

From the world dictionary: ''a similar personal communication that does not involve adoration, addressed to beings venerated as being closely associated with a deity, such as angels or saints''

Onesimus

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

My name is Peter. If thats any better then praying for bubble wrap.

Thanks.

Haha, yes I'm sure God knows who I'm praying for. Thank God though your board name isnt something like ''Pussy Riot''. Praying for boardsies with names like that can be difficult indeed. lol

philologos

Onesimus wrote: »

No need to take anything to the megathread, its an open and shut case. the word prayer has many different meanings and is not just a one way street.

From the world dictionary: ''a similar personal communication that does not involve adoration, addressed to beings venerated as being closely associated with a deity, such as angels or saints''

Saints in the Christian sense means anyone who belongs to Christ. I am a saint, and if you believe and trust in Jesus as Lord you are also. In Paul's letters and in the letters of other apostles we see this.

Biblically - I'm confused about how the idea of praying to saints ever emerged, because there is no Biblical precedent for praying to anyone but God alone. Why pray to someone when you can pray to God Himself. That's such a huge privilege!

BUBBLE WRAP

Dont mind me.

Gumbi

Get another retainer moulded?

BUBBLE WRAP

Gumbi wrote: »

Get another retainer moulded?

That was a new one. I got it yesturday. Put it in last night and cant find it since.

Gumbi

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Gumbi wrote: »

Get another retainer moulded?

That was a new one. I got it yesturday. Put it in last night and cant find it since.

Did you take it out this morning? If not, you probably took it out during the night and it's somewhere in your bed.

BUBBLE WRAP

Gumbi wrote: »

Did you take it out this morning? If not, you probably took it out during the night and it's somewhere in your bed.

I awoke this morning to find it not in my mouth. Today I cleaned my room from top to bottom and I didnt find it.

Gumbi

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Gumbi wrote: »

Did you take it out this morning? If not, you probably took it out during the night and it's somewhere in your bed.

I awoke this morning to find it not in my mouth. Today I cleaned my room from top to bottom and I didnt find it.

It HAS to be there unless you sleepwalk. Hmmm. Did you check your sheets?

hairyprincess

Did you look inside your pillowcase?

martinedwards

you didn't swallow it?

just poo in a sieve for a couple of days......

BUBBLE WRAP

Gumbi wrote: »

It HAS to be there unless you sleepwalk. Hmmm. Did you check your sheets?

I dont think I sleep walk, Ya, I checked every sheet on the bed. I took out the duvay out of the cover thingy and its not even there.

BUBBLE WRAP

hairyprincess wrote: »

Did you look inside your pillowcase?

Yup, I did. I found 5 euro in it. But I didnt find the retainer.

martinedwards wrote: »

you didn't swallow it?

just poo in a sieve for a couple of days......

That I dont know, It sounds like a plan though....

doctoremma

I wear a retainer (an Essix type). If it's one of these (or similar), I'm pretty sure you couldn't swallow it by accident! Not without ripping your upper digestive tracts to pieces. And certainly not while asleep.

Pray to your dentist?

My bet is you've taken it out routinely and forgotten you've done so. I hope you find it. I get very antsy when waiting for a new one (although it's fair to say my teeth don't move hugely in the intervening week or so).

Onesimus

Saints in the Christian sense means anyone who belongs to Christ. I am a saint, and if you believe and trust in Jesus as Lord you are also. In Paul's letters and in the letters of other apostles we see this.

Of course, the Catholic Church agrees with this too. and we petition the Saints on Earth as well as in Heaven. And seeing as the word ''prayer'' has its many forms and definitions, my previous post still stands. But how many of us use the term ''I'm praying to Philologos for his intercession''? to denote petitioning someone on earth for their prayers?

Biblically - I'm confused about how the idea of praying to saints ever emerged, because there is no Biblical precedent for praying to anyone but God alone. Why pray to someone when you can pray to God Himself. That's such a huge privilege!

Jesus is the sole Mediator between God and man. But many Bible alone Christians use this in order to prove that the saints on earth and in Heaven cannot mediate on our behalf. But right before St.Paul proclaims Jesus as the sole mediator between God and man in scripture, Paul makes a request for everyone to mediate. Why didn't Saint Paul just pray to God alone? why did he ask everyone for their intercessory prayers?

Thats because subordinate mediation is pleasing to God. and the Saints in Heaven are just as much alive as the Saints on Earth so we ''pray'' ( the form of prayer that lacks adortion reserved for Christ alone ) to them for their intercessory prayer to God.

BUBBLE WRAP

doctoremma wrote: »

I wear a retainer (an Essix type). If it's one of these (or similar), I'm pretty sure you couldn't swallow it by accident! Not without ripping your upper digestive tracts to pieces. And certainly not while asleep.

Pray to your dentist?

My bet is you've taken it out routinely and forgotten you've done so. I hope you find it. I get very antsy when waiting for a new one (although it's fair to say my teeth don't move hugely in the intervening week or so).

Hello emma, Ya its the Essix type their plastic. But I found it. Delighted...

doctoremma

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Hello emma, Ya its the Essix type their plastic. But I found it. Delighted...

Yay! Where was it?

BTW - nosy question but how much do you pay in Ireland for these? They are £50 here.

Onesimus

The power of prayer!

Thank you St.Anthony for your prayers woohoo.

BUBBLE WRAP

doctoremma wrote: »

Yay! Where was it?

BTW - nosy question but how much do you pay in Ireland for these? They are £50 here.

I found it up in a press in my room, But the strainge thing is, I cleaned it out last night and it wasnt there.

Em I got my brace on up in enniskillen, It was about 3,000 pound. The retainer would be about the same up there. In Sligo it would be about 80 euro.

Onesimus wrote: »

The power of prayer!

Thank you St.Anthony for your prayers woohoo.

The power of prayer indeed.

What prayer could I say to thank him

Onesimus

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

I found it up in a press in my room, But the strainge thing is, I cleaned it out last night and it wasnt there.

Em I got my brace on up in enniskillen, It was about 3,000 pound. The retainer would be about the same up there. In Sligo it would be about 80 euro.



The power of prayer indeed.

What prayer could I say to thank him

Just keep it short and simple. a simple ''Thank you St.Anthony'' would suffice. But ultimately thank the Holy Spirit too, for He is the one who got you there and found it for you through the prayers of St.Anthony.

God bless
Onesimus

Gumbi

I paid 120€ to have mine remoulded

doctoremma

Gumbi wrote: »

I paid 120€ to have mine remoulded

Golly, not often I can feel like my dentist isn't robbing me...

Gumbi

doctoremma wrote: »

Gumbi wrote: »

I paid 120€ to have mine remoulded

Golly, not often I can feel like my dentist isn't robbing me...

I know. My orthodontic treatment cost 3 and a half grand, and I need yearly checkups for which I must still pay €100 every time Absolute robbery

doctoremma

Gumbi wrote: »

I know. My orthodontic treatment cost 3 and a half grand, and I need yearly checkups for which I must still pay €100 every time Absolute robbery

Do you mean 3.5k Euros or did you convert to pounds for me? Mine was £4k so maybe he's taken pity on me with subsidised retainers

Gumbi

doctoremma wrote: »

Gumbi wrote: »

I know. My orthodontic treatment cost 3 and a half grand, and I need yearly checkups for which I must still pay €100 every time Absolute robbery

Do you mean 3.5k Euros or did you convert to pounds for me? Mine was £4k so maybe he's taken pity on me with subsidised retainers

3.5k euro I believe, though my parents paid for it so I'm not so sure . The work was done 7 years ago.

StupidLikeAFox

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

I found it up in a press in my room, But the strainge thing is, I cleaned it out last night and it wasnt there.

This is truly a miracle! You should contact the local church OP, your house could be the next Ballinspittle

StanMcConnell

You're ascribing far too much to a dead saint who most likely never heard your prayers. Just thank God.

BUBBLE WRAP

ColHol wrote: »

This is truly a miracle! You should contact the local church OP, your house could be the next Ballinspittle

I was thinking that alright.