Prayer to St Anthony for a Job
St. Anthony of Padua is best known as the patron saint of lost things, but Catholics have long asked his intercession in other kinds of searching too—including the search for work. Whether you're unemployed, waiting on an interview, or hoping for a better opportunity, a prayer to St. Anthony for a job asks him to intercede before God on your behalf, the way you'd ask a trusted friend to pray for you.
These prayers pair the traditional invocation of St. Anthony with original petitions for provision and open doors. Pray them before an interview, during a season of searching, or any time the waiting feels long.
A Prayer to St. Anthony for a Job
St. Anthony, gentlest of saints, you who helped so many in their time of need, help me now in my search for work. Ask the Lord to open a door for me, to guide me to the right opportunity, and to give me patience while I wait. Pray with me and for me. Amen.
A Short Prayer Before a Job Interview
St. Anthony, be with me in this interview. Calm my nerves, guide my words, and help this opportunity be one that's right for me, if it is God's will. Amen.
A Prayer for Provision During Unemployment
Heavenly Father, through the intercession of St. Anthony, I ask for Your provision during this season without steady work. Open a door for me. Give me patience and hope while I wait, and provide for my needs in the meantime. Amen.
A One-Line Prayer to St. Anthony for Work
St. Anthony, pray for me—open the door to the work I need. Amen.
A Longer Prayer to St. Anthony for Employment
St. Anthony of Padua, faithful servant of God, I come to you today in a season of searching for work. You who devoted your life to serving God and helping those in need, intercede for me now before the Lord. Ask Him to open a door where I have found only closed ones, to guide me toward work that provides for my needs and uses the gifts He has given me. In the waiting, help me not to lose heart. Give me patience on the days the search feels discouraging, and hope when it feels like nothing is moving. Help me to trust that God sees my situation fully, even when I cannot see the way forward myself. If there is preparation I need to do—skills to build, connections to make, doors I haven't yet knocked on—give me the clarity and motivation to do it. And when the right opportunity comes, help me recognize it and have the courage to take it. Pray with me, St. Anthony, that this season of searching would end in provision, and that I would trust God's timing even when it is not my own. Amen.
Scripture to pray
And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.— Philippians 4:19
The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.— James 5:16
Frequently asked questions
Is there a prayer to St. Anthony for finding a job?
Yes—many Catholics ask St. Anthony's intercession beyond lost objects, including in the search for work: "St. Anthony, gentlest of saints, help me now in my search for work. Ask the Lord to open a door for me, and give me patience while I wait. Amen."
Why do Catholics pray to St. Anthony for help finding things, including work?
St. Anthony is the patron saint of lost things because of a legend involving a stolen book that was returned after his prayer, but Catholics have broadened that intercession to any kind of searching—lost objects, lost direction, or, for many, the search for steady work.