Saint Anthony of Padua
Also known as
Antonio da Padova
Evangelical Doctor
Tony
Memorial · 13 June
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Anthony is one of my personal protectors; he is a very good friend to have. Our Saint was also a particular patron of my mother. My mother once told me that St. Anthony has never failed to intercede for her when she prayed “to him”. My mother was often wrong about stuff, but about this I have found her to be 100% correct.
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Anthony is one of my personal protectors; he is a very good friend to have. Our Saint was also a particular patron of my mother. My mother once told me that St. Anthony has never failed to intercede for her when she prayed “to him”. My mother was often wrong about stuff, but about this I have found her to be 100% correct.
Truthfully, Tony (his close friends can call him Tony) has never failed me in my times of need. NEVER! Sometimes what I wanted and what I needed were two completely different things…don’t you find out that to be the case?
Anyhoo….Tony is mostly noted for his patronage of lost things. The story goes that once, while in the seminary, some less than honorable classmate took Tony’s Psalter and was divinely inspired to return it, thus beginning Anthony’s patronage. I used to ask my mother who we would pray to if she ever lost her St Anthony statue…I got hit with the spoon…. He is a powerful intercessor for a lot of stuff; he is very in tune with our earthly situation. He can be relied on to be a friend for all of life’s hurdles, not only to help find car keys and the like.
Many incorrectly believe him to be Italian. He is Portuguese, born to wealthy nobility. He became a Franciscan Priest and intended to go to Morocco to evangelize. As is the way with many of our plans the Holy Spirit had his own, Tony became shipwrecked at Sicily, he joined some other brothers who were going up north. Near the monastery, he lived in a cave tending the pigs and domestic animals leaving only to attend Mass and sweep the nearby monastery. One day when a scheduled speaker failed to appear, the brothers pressed him into speaking. His impassioned homily impressed the other friars so much they shared the experience among the whole community. As his fame as a preacher spread, he was thereafter constantly in demand, traveling, evangelizing, preaching, and teaching theology through Italy and France.
A gifted speaker, he attracted crowds everywhere he went, speaking in multiple tongues; legend says that even the fish and animals he once tended loved to listen. The fish would pop their heads out of the water to better hear our saint. He was indeed a wonder worker while living. He is one of the now 37 Doctors of the Church.
Anthony became ill with dropsy and, in 1231, went to seclusion at a woodland retreat with two other friars for a respite. There Anthony lived in a cell built for him under the branches of a walnut tree. Saint Anthony died on the way back to Padua on 13 June 1231, he was only 36. When he died, it is said that the children cried in the streets and that all the bells of the churches rang of their own accord, rung by angels come to earth to honor the death of the saint. He is buried in a chapel, and to this day his tongue is in a separate reliquary, and is incorrupt although his bodine has corrupted away over the years. The tongue glistens and looks as if it is still alive and moist.
Mom said that when she visited his shrine in Italy, the guide told them that if you run your hand along The Saints tomb you could feel “his energy”. Maybe it is the power of suggestion but mom said she felt a very strong “electric” tingling when she did this.
St. Anthony is known to have become the "quickest" saint in the history of the Catholic Church because he was canonized by Pope Gregory IX less than one year after his death.
If you go into most Italian Deli’s you will find a picture of St. Anthony and Padre Pio somewhere behind the counter. He is beloved by Deli Men….
Saint Anthony’s American shrine is in midtown Manhattan, 135 W. 31st Street New York City. The priests also hear confessions there all day every day. It is the only place I go for the sacrament of reconciliation, done right. These Franciscans have heard it all. If you go there stop upstairs to the 9/11 memorial to Father Judge, and pay particular attention to the beautiful mosaic above the altar. There is a mock up of Tony’s tomb next to the confessionals downstairs. http://www.stfrancisnyc.org/
Born
at Lisbon, Portugal
Died
· 13 June 1231 of natural causes
Patronage
· against barrenness
· against shipwrecks
· against starvation
· against starving
· Amrican Indians
· amputees
· animals
· asses
· boatmen
· elderly people
· expectant mothers
· faith in the Blessed Sacrament
· fishermen
· harvests
· horses
· lost articles
· lower animals
· mail
· mariners
· oppressed people
· Padua, Italy
· paupers
· poor people
· Portugal
· pregnant women
· sailors
· seekers of lost articles
· shipwrecks
· starvation
· sterility
· swineherds
· Tommy and his family
· travel hostesses
· travelers
· watermen
Prayers to Saint Anthony of Padua
Dear Saint Anthony, you are the patron of the poor and the helper of all who seek lost articles. Help me to find the object I have lost so that I will be able to make better use of the time I will gain for God's greater honor and glory. Grant your gracious aid to all people who seek what they have lost - especially those who seek to regain God's grace. Amen.
Tony, Tony stick around
For something’s lost and must be found.
Anyhoo….Tony is mostly noted for his patronage of lost things. The story goes that once, while in the seminary, some less than honorable classmate took Tony’s Psalter and was divinely inspired to return it, thus beginning Anthony’s patronage. I used to ask my mother who we would pray to if she ever lost her St Anthony statue…I got hit with the spoon…. He is a powerful intercessor for a lot of stuff; he is very in tune with our earthly situation. He can be relied on to be a friend for all of life’s hurdles, not only to help find car keys and the like.
Many incorrectly believe him to be Italian. He is Portuguese, born to wealthy nobility. He became a Franciscan Priest and intended to go to Morocco to evangelize. As is the way with many of our plans the Holy Spirit had his own, Tony became shipwrecked at Sicily, he joined some other brothers who were going up north. Near the monastery, he lived in a cave tending the pigs and domestic animals leaving only to attend Mass and sweep the nearby monastery. One day when a scheduled speaker failed to appear, the brothers pressed him into speaking. His impassioned homily impressed the other friars so much they shared the experience among the whole community. As his fame as a preacher spread, he was thereafter constantly in demand, traveling, evangelizing, preaching, and teaching theology through Italy and France.
A gifted speaker, he attracted crowds everywhere he went, speaking in multiple tongues; legend says that even the fish and animals he once tended loved to listen. The fish would pop their heads out of the water to better hear our saint. He was indeed a wonder worker while living. He is one of the now 37 Doctors of the Church.
Anthony became ill with dropsy and, in 1231, went to seclusion at a woodland retreat with two other friars for a respite. There Anthony lived in a cell built for him under the branches of a walnut tree. Saint Anthony died on the way back to Padua on 13 June 1231, he was only 36. When he died, it is said that the children cried in the streets and that all the bells of the churches rang of their own accord, rung by angels come to earth to honor the death of the saint. He is buried in a chapel, and to this day his tongue is in a separate reliquary, and is incorrupt although his bodine has corrupted away over the years. The tongue glistens and looks as if it is still alive and moist.
Mom said that when she visited his shrine in Italy, the guide told them that if you run your hand along The Saints tomb you could feel “his energy”. Maybe it is the power of suggestion but mom said she felt a very strong “electric” tingling when she did this.
St. Anthony is known to have become the "quickest" saint in the history of the Catholic Church because he was canonized by Pope Gregory IX less than one year after his death.
If you go into most Italian Deli’s you will find a picture of St. Anthony and Padre Pio somewhere behind the counter. He is beloved by Deli Men….
Saint Anthony’s American shrine is in midtown Manhattan, 135 W. 31st Street New York City. The priests also hear confessions there all day every day. It is the only place I go for the sacrament of reconciliation, done right. These Franciscans have heard it all. If you go there stop upstairs to the 9/11 memorial to Father Judge, and pay particular attention to the beautiful mosaic above the altar. There is a mock up of Tony’s tomb next to the confessionals downstairs. http://www.stfrancisnyc.org/
Born
at Lisbon, Portugal
Died
· 13 June 1231 of natural causes
Patronage
· against barrenness
· against shipwrecks
· against starvation
· against starving
· Amrican Indians
· amputees
· animals
· asses
· boatmen
· elderly people
· expectant mothers
· faith in the Blessed Sacrament
· fishermen
· harvests
· horses
· lost articles
· lower animals
· mariners
· oppressed people
· Padua, Italy
· paupers
· poor people
· Portugal
· pregnant women
· sailors
· seekers of lost articles
· shipwrecks
· starvation
· sterility
· swineherds
· Tommy and his family
· travel hostesses
· travelers
· watermen
Prayers to Saint Anthony of Padua
Dear Saint Anthony, you are the patron of the poor and the helper of all who seek lost articles. Help me to find the object I have lost so that I will be able to make better use of the time I will gain for God's greater honor and glory. Grant your gracious aid to all people who seek what they have lost - especially those who seek to regain God's grace. Amen.
Tony, Tony stick around
For something’s lost and must be found.
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