ETERNAL CANDLE
Please join us in an online vigil for Brenda Condon and all of the special victims of the world.
This eternal candle burns for all the missing, exploited, unidentified, and abused children & adults of the world.
Please take a minute to pray for them.
Please take a minute to pray for them.
PRAYERS
The special victims prayer:
A Prayer for the Missing, Exploited, Unidentified, and Abused
Heavenly Father,
You are the God who sees, the Shepherd who leaves the ninety-nine to find the one.
Today, we lift before You all the missing children and adults, each one known by name in Your heart, though hidden from ours.
Surround them with Your divine protection. Bring light into the darkness and lead them home, Lord.
For those who have been exploited, abused, hated, or silenced, comfort them, Lord. Restore their dignity, heal their wounds, and remind them they are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Let justice roll down like a mighty river on their behalf. Break every chain, expose every lie, and dismantle every system that allows such evil to thrive.
For the unidentified, those whose stories are incomplete and whose names are known only to You, grant them peace, Lord. Let truth rise. Give wisdom to those searching, and mercy to those mourning. May no life be forgotten or overlooked in Your Kingdom.
We also pray for the families left behind, aching with questions, burdened with grief, and longing for closure. Be near to them, O God of all comfort. Strengthen their hearts, and surround them with people who care, who search, and who stand with them in love and hope.
Raise up helpers, investigators, advocates, and healers. Inspire communities to act with compassion and courage.
And may we, Your people, never turn away from the suffering, but reflect Your love in all we do.
We trust in Your promise that one day, every tear will be wiped away and every lost one found.
Until that day comes, help us to be Your hands and feet on Earth.
In God's name we pray,
Amen.
Catholic prayers for the saints
Prayers to St. Anthony
Patron Saint of the Missing and Missing Things
Patron Saint of the Missing and Missing Things
St. Anthony, when you prayed, your stolen book of prayers was given back to you. We ask you now to please pray for all the missing children and adults of the world. Pray for their friends, family, and loved ones in the their time of suffering and sorrow. Pray that all missing people may be returned to our keeping. Or, if we must continue in our loss, pray that we may be given Christ's comfort and peace.
Amen.
(Say the Lord's Prayer, Hail Mary, and Glory be to the Father as many times as you would like)
Blessed be God in His Angels and in His Saints.
O Holy St. Anthony of Padua, gentlest of Saints, your love for God and Charity for His creatures made you worthy, when on earth, to possess miraculous powers. Miracles waited on your word, which you were ever ready to speak for those in trouble or anxiety. Encouraged by this thought, I implore of you to obtain for me the return of all the missing children and adults from around the world. The answer to my prayer will require a miracle. Even so, you are the saint of Miracles.
O gentle and loving St. Anthony, whose heart was ever full of human sympathy, whisper my petition into the ears of the Sweet Infant Jesus, who loved to be folded in your arms, and
the gratitude of my heart will ever be yours.
Amen.
(Say the Lord's Prayer, Hail Mary, and Glory be to the Father as many times as you would like)
