St. Anthony of Padua
Doctor of the Church
St. Anthony of Padua
Doctor of the Church
1195 - 1231
Saint Anthony was canonized (declared a saint) less than one year after his death.
There is perhaps no more loved and admired saint in the Catholic Church than Saint Anthony of Padua, a Doctor of the Church. Though his work was in Italy, he was born in Portugal. He first joined the Augustinian Order and then left it and joined the Franciscan Order in 1221, when he was 26 years old. The reason he became a Franciscan was because of the death of the five Franciscan protomartyrs -- St. Bernard, St. Peter, St. Otho, St. Accursius, and St. Adjutus -- who shed their blood for the Catholic Faith in the year 1220, in Morocco, in North Africa, and whose headless and mutilated bodies had been brought to St. Anthony’s monastery on their way back for burial. St. Anthony became a Franciscan in the hope of shedding his own blood and becoming a martyr. He lived only ten years after joining the Franciscan Order.
So simple and resounding was his teaching of the Catholic Faith, so that the most unlettered and innocent might understand it, that he was made a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius XII in 1946. Saint Anthony was only 36 years old when he died. He is called the “hammer of the Heretics” His great protection against their lies and deceits in the matter of Christian doctrine was to utter, simply and innocently, the Holy Name of Mary. When St. Anthony of Padua found he was preaching the true Gospel of the Catholic Church to heretics who would not listen to him, he then went out and preached it to the fishes. This was not, as liberals and naturalists are trying to say, for the instruction of the fishes, but rather for the glory of God, the delight of the angels, and the easing of his own heart. St. Anthony wanted to profess the Catholic Faith with his mind and his heart, at every moment.
He is typically depicted with a book and the Infant Child Jesus, to whom He miraculously appeared, and is commonly referred to today as the "finder of lost articles." Upon exhumation, some 336 years after his death, his body was found to be corrupted, yet his tongue was totally incorrupt, so perfect were the teachings that had been formed upon it.
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Happy Feast Day on the 13th, St. Anthony! All blessings to you & thank you for St.Anthony's dining room in San Francisco; helps SO MANY souls. I missed the meatloaf feast in your name today :( but feel blessed in knowing I still have food & so many others do too! (Sure do love meatloaf tho!) Thank you :)
I pray to St. Anthony of Padua to help me in my life through this difficult time me and my family are facing. Please help our visa to be sorted asap been waiting patiently for that over a year now. Help me with find my lost love back in my life. It really bothers me that he doesn't show any affection towards me. Help me find a job. My dad has strong faith in you thats how i believe in you and have read about your teachings. Show me and make me believe in you i pray to you help us and Lord Jesus and Mother Mary. We are extremely misarable at this point.
Dear Saint,
Pray for the Church and Pope Francis. Strengthen him with the zeal you had to proclaim Christ and be with him in his mission to root out the homolobbys from the Church, especially from Vatican. Help those bishops and priests who are chained by the devil of homosexuality. Grant them the grace to overcome their sinful nature and preach Christ and proclaim the Gospel. Assist everyone who has taken up this task of cleansing the Holy Church, The Bride of Christ, of the homo nexus and destroy their power to destroy the Church. Gift the servants of Christ your tongue to preach the Faith with Love and Hope. Bless my brothers Antony Thadeus and Antony Pius. Fill them with your love and grant them all their desires and keep them safe and sound. Bless their family too. Amen.
St Anthony, thank you for coming into my family and being our patron saint. Your humor and guidance always brings us closer to you and God. Ever watch over, guide and protect us. We celebrate your feast day with hope and happiness.
Saint Anthony of Padua the Wonder Worker, intercede for me that God may grant all my request if it be for the good of my soul. Amen
Happy Feast Day, St. Anthony.
Remembering the great things that you did and how you walked a righteous life. I pray that my life can reflect God's love. Thank you for your intercessions!
Please continue to pray on my behalf as I ask our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ for the following:
For the salvation of my family and their protection, for healing of my body, for favor at work and school, that I may move forward and forget past unhealthy relationships, and that I will be blessed with a godly husband. I pray for strength & wisdom. May I have the understanding that God's will in my life is more than what I could ever imagine or hope for. Lord, align my will with Yours.
Thank you, St. Anthony. You will always be one of my most beloved saints.
Thank you Jesus, for dying on the cross for my sins, and for your resurrection.
Amen.
St. Anthony, Grant me the grace to hold back my tongue from evil, and talk wisely as you did always.
happy feast day St. Anthony. thank you for you intercessions. we love you so much. please continue to intercede for my mom and i.
Dear St.. Anthony on this special day I first of all thank you for all the blessings you have bestowed on me , my family and known ones. I pray and hope you will bless us always . Always bless us and protect us sinners and guide us in live to make the right choices.
Happy feast to all the devotees of Blessed St. Anthony all over the world and may you all seek what you ask in good faith . God bless you all .
St Anthony pray for me to achieve my dream in life...i would like a land for may family and also help me in the fund raising to construct the house of the lord at home
St.Antony of Padua doctor of church please pray for my family and friends
I ask for Gods Blessing
Amen
Happy Feast Day, dear St. Anthony! I have prayed nine nights to you--I beg your intercession for my petition. I love you and need you so much right now. Please take my request to our dear Savior despite my sinfulness and unworthiness and I will sing your praises to all!
Today is 13th June 2013,783 years after St Anthony's death. I am from Sri Lanka living in Hong Kong. Decided to go to this site remembering the date today as he is my name's saint who had saved my life when I was 2 years from a deadly attack of a Coma! Since then, my dad & mom made me to vouch my Saint every month by lighting few Candles as a honour to him and ask more faith in God through his sermons. St Anthony is my closest and dearest friend and in my family who built it to date with God's blessings.
His teachings still remain in my ears as if I have heard it lively. It is the time now to spread his preaching to the Church from our childhood and bring it forward as they grow which I believe is our prime duty to make a good and generous society today. Today, this appreciation of St Anthony goes to the entire world since my Parents paved the way to go to God from my childhood, I am now 56 years .....
Powerful saint anthony, finder of lost items and helper of the poor, pls as we prepare for your feast, give me a new work and make me 2 achieve my aim of being a medical doctor trained in south africa. I promise to testify your good works AMEN
St 'Antoy of Padua, please pray for me to lead a good priestly life
Why do I so much believe that all my petition to st Anthony shall be granted before the end of the nine days novena? May be because I believe so much in u. Please do not leave me disappointed
o dear st. anthony, how can i ever thank you for always answering my prayers. you never failed me, and so with the others who come to you for help. now i truly know that you are GOD send for us. i always pray to you whenever i forget or loose something, no matter how trivial it maybe. I'M SORRY FOR BOTHERING YOU. i pray that you may always pray for our needs, most of all to renew our FAITH & TRUST in GOD, to LOVE GOD & OBEY HIM above all. and to love others too. please pray for our families,our children and the youth that they too maybe renewed in FAITH and LOVE for GOD. and we pray too that we maybe united with you, with the HOLY TRINITY,with Mama MARY, Papa JOSEPH, the ANGELS and the SAINTS in heaven for all eternity. AMEN!
St.ANTHONY PLS RECEIved my prayers I have all my trust in you. Im ve err y sure yiu will pray with've me to.com iur Lord and to our Lady of lourdes. vfitr this great need thst uhh ou know may our st ANthony. listen to myprayers. in god names
dear st. Anthony, thank you for disposing yourself to me by becoming my patron saint.please intercede for me in times of difficulties,help me to lead a holy life,strengthen my buisness connections and help mutiply my spiritual graces.above all greet the most holy trinity,the blessed virgin mary,the holy saints and angels of GOD,and all the heavenly host on my behalf. see you in heaven soon.thanks. yours brother in Christ,Anthony Maduagwu.
dear st. Anthony, thank you for disposing yourself to me by becoming my patron saint.please intercede for me in times of difficulties,help me to lead a holy life,strengthen my buisness connections and help mutiply my spiritual graces.above all greet the most holy trinity,the blessed virgin mary,the holy saints and angels of GOD,and all the heavenly host on my behalf. see you in heaven soon.thanks. yours brother in Christ,Anthony Maduagwu.