Saint Anthony of Padua
Born - 15 August 1195 – Lisbon, Portugal
Died - 13 June 1231 - Padua, Italy
Beatified and Canonized - 30 May 1232
Spoleto, Italy by Pope Gregory IX
Named Doctor of the Church - 1946
Saint Anthony of Padua’s Story
The gospel call to leave everything and follow Christ was the rule of Anthony’s life. Over and over again, God called him to something new in his plan. Every time Anthony responded with renewed zeal and self-sacrificing to serve his Lord Jesus more completely.
His journey as the servant of God began as a very young man when he decided to join the Augustinians in Lisbon, giving up a future of wealth and power to be a servant of God. Later when the bodies of the first Franciscan martyrs went through the Portuguese city where he was stationed, he was again filled with an intense longing to be one of those closest to Jesus himself: those who die for the Good News.
So Anthony entered the Franciscan Order and set out to preach to the Moors. But an illness prevented him from achieving that goal. He went to Italy and was stationed in a small hermitage where he spent most of his time praying, reading the Scriptures and doing menial tasks.
The call of God came again at an ordination where no one was prepared to speak. The humble and obedient Anthony hesitantly accepted the task. The years of searching for Jesus in prayer, of reading sacred Scripture and of serving him in poverty, chastity, and obedience had prepared Anthony to allow the Spirit to use his talents. Anthony’s sermon was astounding to those who expected an unprepared speech and knew not the Spirit’s power to give people words.
Recognized as a great man of prayer and a great Scripture and theology scholar, Anthony became the first friar to teach theology to the other friars. Soon he was called from that post to preach to the Albigensians in France, using his profound knowledge of Scripture and theology to convert and reassure those who had been misled by their denial of Christ’s divinity and of the sacraments..
After he led the friars in northern Italy for three years, he made his headquarters in the city of Padua. He resumed his preaching and began writing sermon notes to help other preachers. In the spring of 1231 Anthony withdrew to a friary at Camposampiero where he had a sort of treehouse built as a hermitage. There he prayed and prepared for death.
On June 13, he became very ill and asked to be taken back to Padua, where he died after receiving the last sacraments. Anthony was canonized less than a year later and named a Doctor of the Church in 1946.
Source - Franciscan Media
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Holy Saint Anthony, gentle and powerful in your help, 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 always ready to request for those in trouble or anxiety. Encouraged by this thought, I implore you to obtain for me (request). The answer to my prayer may require a miracle. Even so, you are the Saint of miracles. Gentle and loving Saint Anthony, whose heart is ever full of human sympathy, take my petition to the Infant Savior for whom you have such a great love, and the gratitude of my heart will ever be yours. Amen.
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Acordaos ¡oh, glorioso San Antonio! amigo del Niño Jesús e hijo querido de María Inmaculada, que jamás se oyó decir que alguno de cuantos han recurrido a vos, implorando vuestra protección, haya sido abandonado. Animado de igual confianza, vengo a vos, ¡oh fiel consolador de los afligidos! y gimiendo bajo el peso de mis pecados me postro a vuestros pies y pecador como soy me atrevo a comparecer delante de vos. No desechéis, pues, mis súplicas, vos que sois tan poderosos cerca del Corazón de Jesús, antes bien, escuchadla favorablemente y dignaos acceder a ella. Amén.
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St. Anthony's Bread
Parishioners are asked to donate bread for the annual blessing of St. Anthony’s Bread. Bread will be blessed after the 7:45 AM Latin and 9 AM English Masses and distributed.
Pan de San Antonio
A los feligreses se les pide que donen pan para la bendición anual de Pan de San Antonio. El pan será bendecido después de las Misas de 7:45 AM Latin y 9 AM Ingles y distribuido.
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