T&I St Anthony ~ Prayer Card and Medal

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St. Anthony, guide of travelers, bring to safe harbor those who are in danger of perishing and calm the troubled waves of passion which agitate our souls.

That year, I prayed a novena ending on the vigil of his feast, which happens to be my birthday. With great hope that he would restore my rings to me on the feast day, I offered my Mass every day that week in thanksgiving for his intercession in my family. I felt excited to see what our faithful family saint would do.At fifteen years of age Saint Anthony had relinquished a life of nobility, wealth, and honor, and chose instead to live a life in service to God with the Augustinians. Some years later he witnessed the dead bodies of martyred Franciscan friars being taken through the town where he was stationed, after they were killed by the Moors.

A novice who was Anthony’s pupil decided to depart the community, determining that religious life was not for him. Not only did he leave, but he took the precious book belonging to his teacher! If the seeker is far away from the hidden stuffed animal, the hider might say, “You are VERY, VERY COLD! St. Anthony was born into a wealthy family in Lisbon, Portugal, but is known as St. Anthony of Padua because he died in Padua, Italy.We pray the Chaplet of Saint Anthony to help form our life to the example left my Saint Anthony. It is encouraged to meditate on the virtues of St Anthony while praying the chaplet: Faith, Hope, Charity, Love of Jesus, Prudence, Justice, Patience, Penance, Humility, Purity, Obedience, Poverty, Spirit of Prayer, and Union with God.