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Saint Anthony of Padua (Feast day: June 13)
"The Saint of Miracles"
![[Saint Anthony holy card]](img/sta01011.jpg "Saint Anthony holy card, artist unknown, date unknown")
Saint Anthony was born in 1195 in Lisbon, Portugal. Born of a wealthy and noble Portuguese family he gave up all his wealth to follow
Jesus more closely and he became a poor Franciscan in 1221. He dedicated his entire life to spreading Jesus teachings.
Saint Anthony was a gifted preacher and crowds gather just to hear him speking. He
traveled constantly, evangelizing, preaching, and
teaching theology through Italy and France. Saint Anthony had apparitions of the Infant Jesus, and of Saint Francis, and he peformed many miracles during his time on earth and since his death in 1231 many more miracles had being attributed to his making. He is today one off the most beloved saint to these whom follow the Catholic faith.
Saint
Anthony is invoked as one of the Patron Saints against
Sterility, Barrenness and for Fertility, Expectant Mothers, Elderly People,
Oppressed People, Poor People, Domestic Animals just to name a few.
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Prayer to Saint Anthony of Padua
St. Anthony of Padua, Glorious for your miracles And for the condescension of Jesus In coming as a little child
to repose in your arms, obtain for me from his bounty the grace which I ardently desire.
You who were so compassionate towards sinners, regard not my unworthiness, but the glory of God,
that it may be magnified by you in connection with the particular request which I now earnestly present to you.
(Name the request.)
As a pledge of my gratitude, I beg you to accept my promise to live more faithfully in accordance with
the teachings of the Church, and to be devoted to the service of the poor whom you loved
and still love so greatly.
Bless this my resolution, that I may be faithful to it even until death.
St. Anthony, consoler of all the afflicted,
Pray for me.
St. Anthony, whom the infant Jesus so much loved and honored,
Pray for me.
Amen.
From a sermon by Saint Anthony of Padua
Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and
your actions speak. We are full of words but empty of actions, and
therefore are cursed by the Lord, since he himself cursed the fig tree
when he found no fruit but only leaves. It is useless for a man to
flaunt his knowledge of the law if he undermines its teaching by his
actions.
But the apostles "spoke as the Spirit gave them the gift of
speech." Happy the man whose words issue from the Holy Spirit and not
from himself!
We should speak, then, as the Holy Spirit gives us the gift of
speech. Our humble and sincere request to the Spirit for ourselves
should be that we may bring the day of Pentecost to fulfillment,
insofar as he infuses us with his grace, by using our bodily senses in
a perfect manner by keeping the commandments. Likewise we shall request
that we may be filled with a keen sense of sorrow and with fiery
tongues for confessing the faith so our deserved reward may be to stand
in the blazing splendor of the saints and to look upon the triune God.
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