13/06/2024
SAINT ANTHONY DE PADUA, PRAY FOR US!
๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ญ. ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ?
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ข ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ.
Next to St. Joseph and the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Anthony of Padua is the saint who is most often depicted in statues or images holding the Child Jesus.
Why is that?
The tradition honors a mystical experience St. Anthony had during his life that was witnessed by a benefactor who gave the Franciscan saint a place to stay for the night. One version of the story is narrated in The Life of St. Anthony published in 1895.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ [๐๐ต. ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ] ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ... ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฆ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ณ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐บ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ธ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ด๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ, ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ, ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ, ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
In subsequent depictions of this interaction, the Child Jesus is seen caressing St. Anthony's face, full of love for the holy Franciscan.
The mystical vision highlights the child-like simplicity of St. Anthony and the purity of his faith. He is known for his profound sermons and his love and care for the poor. His sanctity was so well-known throughout the Church that he was canonized less than one year after his death.
The encounter also recalls Jesus' words to his disciples, "Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 18:3).
St. Anthony of Padua exemplified that type of faith and the vision he had was a special grace confirming his profound union with God.
๐ข๐ธ๐พ๐ป๐ฌ๐ฎ: ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ช
Ctto: Fear Not
