st anthony patron saint

St. Christopher is for travelers. St. Jude is for impossible things.

SAINT ANTHONY
CATHOLIC PATRON SAINT OF LOST THINGS
Dear St. Anthony, I pray
Bring it back, without delay.

2007-06-04 03:45:10 by Ellie

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St. Anthony of Padua, the Catholic patron saint of lost items, the poor and travelers.

2007-08-19 21:10:23 by Vogue Cover !!

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Have you ever found anything that you had lost after asking for St. Anthony's help and intercession? Are you doing anything special today to honor this great man of God? Starting a Novena, perhaps?

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Thank you Father K for this question.

He finds things for me all the time.

By the way, I'm one of the lost that he found. Through his prayers he brought me to Christ at a time when I had no idea of who St. Anthony was.

Today we had mass in honor of St. Anthony (worshiping God of course and not Anthony - for all our protestant friends), we blessed a new statue of St. Anthony (we didn't have one - and no, we don't worshp it either). We kissed a relic of his, and we distributed blessed bread to remember Anthony's love for the poor.

Did you know...?

The reason why St. Anthony is the patron of lost objects has to do with an event that happened in his life. He and a couple of friars were in a hermitage and one of the friars decided one night that he would leave the Order of Friars Minor. So, he snuck out and took with him Anthony's copy of the Bible to sell (if you know anything about books in the middle ages, you know they were not cheap). Upon waking up and finding out what happened, Anthony prayed for the brother, that he would return and repent of the sin of stealing. The brother did just that. He came back to the hermitage and gave Anthony the copy of the Bible back. So, Anthony is the patron of lost objects because he is also the patron of lost souls.

Obviously you can see why I love this story and the connection between the lost souls and the lost objects.

Peace and Goodness

2007-06-13 10:19:42 by Father K ™

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Lost things/people. Here are some miracles attributed to him.

After having been Guardian at Le-Puy (1224), we find Anthony in the year 1226, Custos Provincial in the province of Limousin. The most authentic miracles of that period are the following:


Preaching one night on Holy Thursday in the Church of St. Pierre du Queriox at Limoges, he remembered he had to sing a Lesson of the Divine Office. Interrupting suddenly his discourse, he appeared at the same moment among the friars in choir to sing his Lesson, after which he continued his sermon.
Another day preaching in the square des creux des Arenes at Limoges, he miraculously preserved his audience from the rain.
At St. Junien during the sermon, he predicted that by an artifice of the devil the pulpit would break down, but that all should remain safe and sound. And so it occurred; for while he was preaching, the pulpit was overthrown, but no one hurt; not even the saint himself.
In a monastery of Benedictines, where he had fallen ill, he delivered by means of his tunic one of the monks from great temptations.
Likewise, by breathing on the face of a novice (whom he had himself received into the order), he confirmed him in his vocation.
At Brive, where he had founded a convent, he preserved from the rain the maid-servant of a benefactress who was bringing some vegetables to the brethren for their meagre repast.

Source:
New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia

2007-08-19 21:42:16 by Vogue Cover !!

You know, St. Luke is the patron saint of physicians, St. Anthony is the patron of lost causes and St. Francis de Sales is the patron of journalists, so what is Saint Foxy the patron of?

(By the way honey, the closest I could come for you was that St. Thomas More is the patron saint of lawyers.)

lol I'm the Patron Saint of Heartbreakers

2007-08-02 12:07:42 by $m☼r฿: looking down your blouse