Today the Church honors a Portuguese priest, a Franciscan friar, St Anthony of Padua. A powerful preacher, Anthony achieved this skill after spending some time living in a hermitage. There he deepened his own spirituality. Little did he realize how God's plan had brought him to Padua for a specific purpose. He was content in his hermitage but after St. Francis of Assisi died, Anthony was assigned to Padua. His time in Padua were a witness to his noteworthy impact upon the people of Padua earned by his preaching. His life story is very interesting and worthy of a read.
In today's first reading St Paul writes in words that are a reflection of Anthony's life. As you read these words, select the circumstances that might apply to you.
In today's first reading St Paul writes in words that are a reflection of Anthony's life. As you read these words, select the circumstances that might apply to you.
We are called impostors, yet we are truthful;
no bodies who in fact are well known;
dead, yet here we are always rejoicing;
poor, yet we enrich many.
We seem to have nothing, yet every this is ours!
2 Cor 6: 8-10
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