361. St Anthony's Bread. Thanksgiving

100 Days, once a day. (See Instructions, p. 1.) GLORIOUS worker of miracles, father of the poor, who, wondrously gifted with a heart full of compassion for the miseries of the unfortu- nate, didst by a miracle lay open the heart of a miser steeped in avarice; thou who dost offer our prayers to our Lonp and obtain a hearing, accept as a proof of our gratitude the pence we lay at thy feet for the relief of misfortune. May it turn to the benefit of ourselves and of the suffering; hasten with thy usual kindness to help us in our tem- poral necessities, and still more to provide for our spiritual needs, now and at the hour of our death. Amen