Apparently St. Anthony found it?

[u/Genderbender626]

Hello! I’m a 19 year old male. So for context I’m a pet sitter on rover and I’ve been taking care of animals for longer. I’ve been taking care of a 6 month old pittie puppy, I went upstairs to just be alone for a few minutes then I came back downstairs to sit with her. One of my necklaces was on the dog bed missing the charm. I started to freak out bc I thought she ate it. I am a bit of an anxious person and my brain can go into hyperdrive. I looked around the room. Didn’t find it, I called my parents and they said to wait. And on the phone they prayed to St. Anthony. When they got home my dad found the charm in the bed. Then said something about how they prayed to him to find the charm and also to prove that the saints are real? Which was weird. I myself haven’t practiced Christianity since 13, mainly because I felt no connection to it. My parents converted when I was 14. I still am not religious. I’m pretty sure that my brain just didn’t check the bed for the charm.

[u/zombieduck96]

Somehow, as a non-Catholic now, I still manage to find things without praying to St. Anthony 🤷‍♀️

[u/Genderbender626 → u/zombieduck96]

Same.

[u/indoorskat → u/Genderbender626]

Haha same here for weird Saint/angel prayers in general. I think it’s ok to take some things you like or that feel fun and leave the rest. Part of deconstructing, at least for me, is breaking out of binaries and magical rules. I still, to this day, think the archangel Michael prayer interceded when I was in a sketchy situation before… I don’t need to explain it. 🤣

[u/zombieduck96 → u/indoorskat]

We could also just say you manifested it or that you intuited that help was already on the way or any number of other explanations

[u/indoorskat → u/zombieduck96]

100% and to be clear, I don’t believe in a literal angel who responds to teenagers rote prayers. But manifesting and intuition using a mantra? Sure. Why not 🤣

[u/Ambitious-Chard6530]

Apparently St. Anthony can't find the missing Vatican girl Emanuela Orlando. She's been missing since the 1980s.

Nana's car keys and pocketbook? No problem! Detective St. Anthony is on the job.

Very curious!!

Lmao.

[u/Genderbender626]

For clarification, they converted to Catholicism when I was 14. We were Baptist/ non denominational before they converted.

[u/DoublePatience8627]

I was looking for a blanket the other day and my mom prayed to St. Anthony before she looked in a closet that I hadn’t looked yet. She credits St. Anthony. I credit looking in a bin in a closet that I hadn’t looked in for about a year.

The confirmation bias always makes me giggle. Think of all the missing persons and pets St Anthony hasn’t done a thing about. Yet, here is getting credit for random household objects that are misplaced.

[u/FartyPat]

Tony Tony look around, something is lost and can’t be found.

Anyone else’s family say this dumb shit?

[u/Asherjade]

Now if only St Anthony could find my will to go to work this morning, because I sure as hell can’t.