Prayer to St. Anthony of Padua
To thee we have recourse, most powerful worker of miracles, in whose breast burned a sublime fire of charity towards God and the poor. To thee, who wast deemed worthy to hold in thy arms the infant Jesus, who chose to be born poor, to thee, full of confidence, we betake ourselves, that thou mayest pray the good Jesus to have compassion on us in our great tribulations. Oh! obtain for us the favor which we humbly implore (here state the favor needed). If thou dost obtain it for us, O glorious St. Anthony, we will offer thee bread for the poor whom thou didst love so greatly on earth.
Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory.
His Holiness, Leo XIII, by a rescript of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, May ii, 1897, granted to the faithful who shall recite the above prayer, with an Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory, etc., an indulgence of one hundred days, once a day.
THIRTEEN PATERS, AVES, AND GLORIAS IN HONOR OF ST. ANTHONY
His Holiness, Leo XIII, by a rescript of the S. Congr. of Indulgences, June 9, 1896, granted to the faithful who shall say thirteen Paters, Aves, and Glorias in honor of St. Anthony of Padua, an indulgence of one hundred days, once a day.
PIOUS PRACTICE OF THE THIRTEEN TUESDAYS, OR OF THE THIRTEEN SUNDAYS
His Holiness, Leo XIII, by a brief of March i, 1898, granted to the faithful who, on thirteen successive Tuesdays or as many successive Sundays, once only, at any time during the year, shall spend some time in pious meditation, or vocal prayers, or any other works of piety, to the glory of God and in honor of St. Anthony of Padua, on the usual conditions, confession and communion; and
