O Holy St. Antony, the gentlest and kindest of Saints, your burning love of God, your exalted virtue, and your great charity towards fellow creatures, made you worthy, when on earth, to possess miraculous, such as were given to no other Saint. Miracles waited on your word, and that word you were ever ready to speak at the request of those in trouble. The anxious prayer of bitter trial was never addressed to you in vain. To the sick you gave back health; You restored what was lost; the sorrow stricken were the objects of your tender compassion; even the dead you raised to life, when the wounded heart cried out to you from the depths of it's bitter anguish you answered them. When on earth nothing was impossible with you. Encouraged by this thought, and convinced off the efficacy of your holy intercession, we kneel before your holy image, and full of confidence, we implore you to obtain for us...(Our Present Need). The Answer to this our prayer requires a miracle. You are the Saint of miracles. O Gentle and loving St. Antony, you, whose heart was ever full of human sympathy, whisper our prayers and petitions into the ears of the Infant Jesus, who loved to linger in your arms. One Word from you and our prayers will be granted. O Speak that word and the gratitude of hearts will ever be yours. Amen