Sancte Antoni, pray for us~

Even In Little Earthly Things - Repost

When I first met my husband he gave me a birthday gift in a jewelers box, a beautiful, expensive diamond pendant, as that is my birthstone. I wore it and treasured it for many years until I became a 3rd. order Carmelite and started wearing my brown scapular along with it. One morning I woke up and although I found the chain on the floor, the pendant was missing. It must have flew off while I was changing clothes in my upstairs bedroom. For a whole YEAR I searched, never throwing away any vacuum cleaner bags even after I went through them. I was heartsick and after a year, finally decided it was gone and threw away the closet full of vacuum cleaner bags. My mom told me to pray to St. Anthony and though I had given up all hope, I did. Within an HOUR I was walking to my kitchen in the downstairs when something on the floor glinted up at me.... and as I picked up my pendant I started crying. What a blessing to know that even in little earthly things God cares about us! Thank you St. Anthony!!

This beautiful story is a repost from 2011, the year we started this blog in honor of St. Anthony. If you have a story of St. Anthony's help of your own to share please Email it to us and we will post it on the blog~

World Day of Prayer for the Sick 2024

On February 11th. The Franciscan Friars of the Basilica of Saint Anthony in Padua, Italy will be celebrating World Day of Prayer for the Sick: a time when they particularly pray for all those who are sick and homebound, for their caregivers and health-care professionals. If you or a loved one is sick or suffering please let them help you, let them intercede with Saint Anthony on your behalf by including you and your loved ones in their prayers at a special Mass in Saint Anthony’s Basilica on February 11th, 2024. All are invited to light a virtual candle and write a prayer to Saint Anthony, entrusting to him the people you love most and invoking on them the grace of healing.