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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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.
St Anthony thank you for all you have done and continue to do. St. Anthony of Padua, Glorious for your miracles And for the condescension of Jesus In coming as a little child to repose in your arms, obtain for me from his bounty the grace which I ardently desire. You who were so compassionate towards sinners, regard not my unworthiness, but the glory of God, that it may be magnified by you in connection with the particular request which I now earnestly present to you. Please hear my petition for the healing & restoration of my relationship with the man I loved by the same name Tony. It was Tony who brought me closer to my faith, Love of God, Mother Mary, and of course St. Anthony yourself. restore our relationship for years to come. May Tony be brought back to the church, the faith, and see the love, prayer, hope I have for us and come back to my life and may we work together with faith in Jesus, and love for God and one another towards the unity of marriage. As a pledge of my gratitude, I beg you to accept my promise to live more faithfully in accordance with the teachings of the Church, and to be devoted to the service of the poor whom you loved and still love so greatly. Bless this my resolution, that I may be faithful to it even until death. St. Anthony, consoler of all the afflicted, Pray for me. St. Anthony, whom the infant Jesus so much loved and honored, Pray for me. Amen.
Dear Saint Anthony may you please help my parents find forgiveness and understanding deep in their hearts for I have sinned and lost their trust , please
I shall keep praying until sign of relief , Amen
Dear Saint Anthony,
Thank you for your petition and prayers. I have now an apartment that I will be moving in soon I found the deposit right when I had to. In a miraclous way everything worked out at the right time. I also received the news of my approval yesterday, the 9th of April, 9 for Dante is the number of miracles. Thank you and please help all the others who need your prayers. We love you and we love, adore and worship the Holy Trinity, one God.
Hi, I'm not a Catholic, but I am a Christian and am very intrigued and encouraged by the stories of the saints. I enjoy learning about their lives and in some ways it helps me see more of God in my life. I will continue to learn and study the Catholic faith and rich traditions which are apparent and glorify Christ and pull me ever closer to the knowledge of him. Thank you for the website!
Please Saint Antony help us find the lost deposit for the house. We have been suffering greatly through the years for not proper housing. Pray for us to the Sacred family to let us find soon what has been lost and to be able to get better housing situation for us. Please also pray that I find my mother’s rosary that I lost before I lost the deposit. Pray for us dear Anthony and do not let us ever go far from the light of God’s mercy. I thank you and love you for interceding and being helpful in this matter.
St Anthony is my petitioner to God. He has helped me through difficult times.
Please St Anthony pleaase help my ex-husband Vince find his love for me and bring him back to me so we can be a family again. I've exhausted 2 years of praying and need a miracle. Please intercede for me. Thank you.
Dear st Anthony, I thank u for all u have done in my family, in my life and in my husbands life and his business. I thank u for the fruits of womb u have give me, I give u all the adoration. I pray doing the day of my delivery I will deliver like a hebrew woman in Jesus. I also pray that dis sodality that I entered today, I need your wisdom in my life so that I will do your work very well Amen. I need your wisdom and ur protection in my marriage, in my husband life, in his business and in my life. Amen
st.Anthony pray for us in the name of infant jesus & mother mary to overcome my problems in my life, for my son to do his coming exams with confindence, to be with him always. thanks
Dear Saint Antony,
Your blessing and assist lead me through the impossible hard life where i almost lost faith in every thing. But you keep an eye on me and show the right path to the
comfort and peacefulness. You just reveal all missing link that hidden in my life and this world.
i am praying for you to help all the people who just suffering like me and i also try my best to show the right path to others. Being our family saint you just protected us with your blessings.
we are very thankful for your kindness...
Dear St. Anthony, You have never let me down, you always, always, always help me everytime I come to you for help.!!!!!!! I AM IN AWE OF YOU ! I THANK YOU MY DEAREST SAINT FOR ALWAYS BEING CLOSE TO ME AND MY FAMILY AND HELPING US ALWAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I CAN NOT WAIT TO GO TO NY TO SEE YOUR TONGUE AND FEEL THE PRESENCE THAT THAT DAY WILL HOLD... I BEG YOU ST ANTHONY FOR HELP FOR MY HUSBAND AND SON.THEY ARE BOTH TRYING TO HEAL AND I ASK YOU FOR YOUR INTERCESSION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.
Why did St. Anthony become a Saint? I haven't really seen it anywhere and am working on a project.
i choose st Anthony to pray for me my realtionship is broken am soo down...i feel stressed ,i have no peace and hapiness in my life...please pray for the restoration of that restoration of my relationship with jotham,bind us once more ro love each other again.i have faith that my need will be granted through your intercession.
Dear St. Anthony,
Please hear my pleas and then like our savior, Jesus Christ, be merciful and itntercede for me.
I am a sinner and have done great wrongs; but, I pray that you and all the angels and saints and all our brothers and sisters in Christ along with Mary our spiritual mother, might intercede for me.
Ask our lord and savior to forgive me my sins, to be merciful and deliver me from my dealings with the government, mercy with my failing business, mercy in matters of love both corpreally and spiritually, mercy in my health, mercy for my family and friends, mercy for my enemies, all who I have ever offended and all who wish me harm or ill will rightfully or otherwise. And mercy for all who pray for me in the loving way Jesus taught us to.
And I pray for all of these as well.
As I carry your relic with me, inspire me to preach the gospel of Christ and to walk the path God has chosen, with all the surety with which you preached as well.
All this I pray in the name of God the Father, Jesus Christ the son and the Holy Spirit, AMEN.
May God bless you all and peace be ever with you.
please St. Anthoney, please help me with this great struggle I am dealing with. Help me to able to overlook and keep my thoughts to myself and my words sealed , please please help me for my feelings for a particular person
With deepest off most felt regards, at the most highest off level, please allow my very conscious, the highest off most sincerest off, and greatest off endeavors at the highest off invites.
Please only allow my highest off conscious the most highest off dignified right to only the greatest off endeavors, at this time.
Please only allow the most highest off deep felt regards, with dearest off most sincerity
Hello: There is another church that is named after St. Anthony of Padua also known as the Smallest church in the World, CHAPEL OF ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA – Festina, Iowa.
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chapel.jpg CHAPEL OF ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA – Festina, Iowa
This chapel is known as the “world’s smallest church.” It was built in 1885 and measures fourteen feet by twenty feet. The belfry is forty feet high.
Constructed of stones quarried at Snake Hollow, Joseph Spielman donated $20 toward a bell and Johann Gaertner, then 92 years of age, donated $75 to pay for the wood used in building the chapel. Frank Joseph Huber and his wife, Mary Ann, paid the balance. The chapel dedication took place in 1886.
On June 27, 1887, Johann Gaertner died, and on Nov. 23, 1887, Frank Joseph Huber died. Mary Ann carried along the work of maintaining the chapel. In 1888 she had the vestibule added on the Chapel with a belfry 40 feet high. In 1903, stained glass windows were installed, donated by Mary Ann Huber.
The chapel proper is 14′ by 20′, the belfry is 40 feet high, and it seats 8 people. The F. J. Huber family maintained it until the summer of 1924, when St. Anthony’s Chapel Association, composed of 65 grandchildren of Marie Anna Huber, was formed for the purpose of maintaining it.
The church is currently a mission of " Our Lady of Seven Dolors" Church of Festina, Iowa, and is kept up by the living family members of Johann Gaertner and Frank Joseph Huber. Each year, on the Sunday closest to June 13, the feast of St. Anthony of Padua mass is offered on its miniature altar.
oh dear st anthony I pray for your inercesion for the prayers ive been praying for years. so much grief, loss, fear and worry has plagued me. more sad news of serious illness of my dear friend. please heal her.a healing needed for my sons father, health, healing, financial blessing and family restoration needed for my brother and depression lifted from my family including myself. my faith is with you and my God and blessed Jesus to protect my son and family in all things. those who have left us to illness, my mother, father sister and brother and others, I pray for their watchful eyes over us and that they be kept in Gods perfect peace in the Kingdom of heaven where there is no suffering, sickness or worry. bless us here with joy and peace untill we all meet again.I give God and Jesus the glory