Also known as St Anthony of Padua, Prayer for something lost
The prayer people reach for when something is lost. Anthony is invoked for lost objects, but the tradition applies it just as readily to lost faith and lost people.
St. Anthony, perfect imitator of Jesus,
who received from God the special power of restoring things that were lost,
come to my aid in this hour of anxiety.
Restore to me what I have lost
and grant me peace of mind and heart in its place.
Amen.
The couplet most people learn as children.
St. Anthony, St. Anthony, please come around.
Something is lost and cannot be found.
Composed by Pope Leo XIII in 1886 and prayed after Mass for most of the following century. Asked for when something needs to be defended rather than merely endured.
Also from Leo XIII, and traditionally prayed through March and in the month of October. Joseph is asked for as the patron of workers, of families, and of a good death.