Dear Saint Anthony, I salute you this day in recognition of your devotion to solitude, prayer and acts of reparation. You took the name Anthony, after the first hermit of the desert, when you joined the Frnaciscans. You sought God’s help in prayer and fasting in monastic quiet. My duties in life seldom offer chances […]
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Dear Saint Anthony, I salute you as my powerful patron before God. You know how much we yearn for happiness and how often and how stubbornly we seek it in the wrong places. Please ask our Lord for us for the grace He gave you so abundantly. Thus, we may not vainly seek happiness in
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Dear Saint Anthony, my respectful greetings! Recently I read somewhere about your knowledge of Holy Scripture and of the powerful impact of your sermons even on hardened sinners. There is only one way I can imitate you as a preacher… not with words, but by deeds and example. As with most other people, my life
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