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pinkprincess Sun 15-Jan-23 21:01:47

St Anthony always finds lost items for me

Witzend Sun 15-Jan-23 18:22:46

Chestnut

Do you have to be Catholic to ask St Anthony? I'd never heard of him before, but I have currently lost something so would be grateful for his help.

No, Chestnut, I’m not - nor even any sort of churchgoer - an Irish friend introduced me to St A ages ago.

Farzanah Sun 15-Jan-23 17:53:05

Thank you for your honest answer crazyH.
I find meditation helps me through difficult times. I guess it’s similar to praying if you don’t believe in supernatural beings.

crazyH Sun 15-Jan-23 17:48:31

Farzanah - I have been struggling with that dilemma all my life. I wish I had an answer. All I can say is, I have faced quite a few ‘difficulties’ in my life, but I found the strength to cope .

Chestnut Sun 15-Jan-23 17:41:10

You should say 'St Anthony, please look around. Something is lost and must be found.' I've tried it, will let you know if it works.

crazyH Sun 15-Jan-23 17:38:36

Chestnut 😂 - no, you don’t have to be a Catholic to pray to St Anthony - try it. And let us know if you find it ..

Grammaretto Sun 15-Jan-23 17:37:51

I think you just go for it Chestnut
Any port in a storm....grin

Farzanah Sun 15-Jan-23 17:36:42

Will a”Higher Presence” help if you have an incurable condition crazyH?

Chestnut Sun 15-Jan-23 17:33:37

Do you have to be Catholic to ask St Anthony? I'd never heard of him before, but I have currently lost something so would be grateful for his help.

crazyH Sun 15-Jan-23 17:33:01

I believe in the power of Prayer, be it to,Saint Anthony or to a Higher Presence …

Grammaretto Sun 15-Jan-23 17:29:09

What a relief! Passports are not cheap. My bag was stolen once complete with purse and passport and I had to get a new passport and bank cards etc. That was painful.

I have lost my specs yet again and was wondering if someone could please invent a homing device for glasses - or perhaps there is such a thing?

I'm calling for Saint Anthony right now.

Judy54 Sun 15-Jan-23 17:22:07

St Anthony is definitely the Man to ask when you have lost something. he never lets you down.

AGAA4 Sun 15-Jan-23 16:36:59

I will try St Anthony next time I lose something. I spend far too much time searching for things.

dogsmother Sun 15-Jan-23 16:32:56

Grew up with a mother who always reminded us to ask St. Anthony to help us find anything we’d lost. It rarely failed!

Calendargirl Sun 15-Jan-23 16:16:25

Our missing passports were found about three weeks later in the bottom of the drawer where I keep the tea towels, after fruitless searches, sleepless nights and thinking I would have to order new ones.

Only then I remembered I had hidden them in there after using them as I/D for something, but didn’t have time to lock them back in the safe.

Completely forgot I had done that!

Lesson learnt, now I try to put things away immediately.

Witzend Sun 15-Jan-23 15:44:53

I missed my passport recently - a relatively new one - certainly had it on return from hols in September. It was always kept in a small drawer in the hall - not there, nor in any bag or pocket I might have taken on holiday. Nor in any other drawer.
Complete mystery!

Before applying for a new one (assuming I had somehow dropped it or had it nicked after passport control) , I asked St Anthony, and lo, a couple of hours later dh found it - in the glove compartment of my car - which in fact I don’t use very often at all - dh uses it far more - and which we didn’t use to or from the airport in September anyway - we took taxis.

Dh said I might have used it as ID when collecting a parcel but if anywhere local I’d have walked or bussed, and I don’t recall collecting any parcels anyway.

Still a complete mystery what it was doing there!