Saint of the Day for June 13: Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Anthony of Padua’s Story: the gospel call to leave everything and follow Christ was the rule of Saint Anthony of Padua’s life
Over and over again, God called him to something new in his plan.
Every time Anthony responded with renewed zeal and self-sacrificing to serve his Lord Jesus more completely
His journey as the servant of God began as a very young man when he decided to join the Augustinians in Lisbon, giving up a future of wealth and power to be a servant of God.
Later when the bodies of the first Franciscan martyrs went through the Portuguese city where he was stationed, he was again filled with an intense longing to be one of those closest to Jesus himself: those who die for the Good News.
So Anthony entered the Franciscan Order and set out to preach to the Moors
But an illness prevented him from achieving that goal.
He went to Italy and was stationed in a small hermitage where he spent most of his time praying, reading the Scriptures and doing menial tasks.
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