Today is the feast of St. Anthony: Here is why he is one of his favorite saints in Croatia

Ante is a saint that people around the world call for a thousand different life needs because he is known as a ready assistant in any human trouble. Believers in Croatia of St. Anthony celebrate in three ways, one is the celebration of Tuesdays, the other is wearing his medal, thumbnail or statue, and the third is a gift for the bread of St. Anthony in favor of the poor. This practice seems to be the most widespread way of worshiping St. Antun. The origin of this practice is attributed to the miracle at the intercession of St. Anthony.

St. Anthony is today the patron saint of the poor and the oppressed, the preachers, the future mothers, the passengers, the fishermen, the sailors, the old people, the harvest, the horses, the lost things, the mail, the shipwreck, the starvation, the Portuguese and the faith in the Blessed Sacrament. On the feast of St. Ante peculiarity is the blessing of children and flowers, mostly Ljiljan, which is considered to be his flower.

Thousands and thousands of believers every 13 June are gathering in St. Anthony’s parishes throughout the country to celebrate the feast of that saint.

The life of St. Anthony

St. Ante was born as Fernando Martins de Bluhoes in Lisbon in 1195. He lived only 36 years and passed away on June 13, 1231. On the day of his death, his day around the world is celebrated.

When he joined the Franciscan Order, he was named Antun. He passed away in the Italian Padua, where his remains rest. He was nicknamed Padovansky in that place. In Portugal, he is worshiped as Santo Antonio de Lisbo.

He first joined the monastery of Augustinians near Lisbon at the age of 15. He moved to Koimbra to the same row, and after eight years he ordained a priest. When Don Pedro in Koimbra brought the remains of five missionaries from St. Francis, including the remains of St. Bernarda, who died with a martyr’s death, young Fernando received an invitation for him to take the Franciscans’ order, which he did in 1220.

People adored him

Thousands of people would know how to gather around him and listen to him under the clear sky. People loved him and rushed him not only to listen to him, but also to talk to him and confess to him. Due to his preaching skills and living the Gospel 1222. Francis appointed him the teacher of theology in Bologna and thus became the first Franciscan teacher of theology. Two years later, he wrote his speeches about the epistles of 278 on number.

After 1226 died St. Francis, Vol. At the age of 32, Ante became the Provincial of the Enlarged Bologna Province in northern Italy. In these parts, he preached zealously, expanded his turn and did wonders. He goes to Rome in 1230. For a few months to help the Franciscans work.

But on June 13, 1231. Ante dies at the age of 36 in Arcelli near Padua. At his wish, the brothers buried him in the Padua church of St. Mary greater. As early as May 1232. Pope Gregory IX. He declared him holy and immediately began to build a church on behalf of him. They ended it in 1263 in April that year, they transferred his body to that church, opened the coffin and remained stunned. His body had worn out, but his tongue remained the whole and yellow to this day.

Miracles of St. Ante

Removes pain to the woman

While the saints’ body was still exposed and unattached, she came to him in prayer Nun from the Claris Order. She asked the Lord to hit all the punishments for the sins that she had, she may have done before. She returned to the monastery and immediately took so much pain throughout the body, that she was not capable of any of a common work, so even for lunch she had to pretend to take food. The pains strengthened and strengthened and surpassed her forces. She gained grace and suffered for her vow she was looking for.

She addressed the intercession of the saint again and remembered that she had brought a piece of saints’ clothing from the chuckle. She asked one sister to bring that piece to her cell. This one readily did so and as soon as she began to pray with the relic of the saint in her hands, the pain immediately disappeared, and she continued to praise God in his favorite.

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Calms the storm

On one beautiful day, twenty -six people were boarded in Sant’ilario on the ship with the intention of going to Venice. They went and sailed towards the Venetian lagoon, but they were grabbed by a large storm in the evening and took them in the opposite direction. In fact, she wore and carried them, that they didn’t even know where they were and where they were. Among the passengers was a priest. According to the beautiful Christian custom, everyone gathered around him, confessed and received a redemption. They lost all hope of salvation.

After the confession and restoration, they vowed to the Holy Anti that his grave would gird his candles and similar vows. As soon as they made their vows publicly, the storm subsided as a genesaret when Jesus did it to the apostles. They didn’t even know where the storm took them away. The light appeared before them and the ship followed it. The light led them to the church of St. Mark, which means before Venice itself. The lights suddenly disappeared, because they already knew now where they were and where they were to go. Thanks to God, they immediately made their vows.

The blind were looking

Fratar Theodorico from Apulia in southern Italy was blind to one about. He came to Padua on foot, crossing so many times as an ordinary pilgrim. He remained staying among the brothers in Padua and regularly went to the saints’ grave, praying for healing. Soon he gained vision and another eye and returned to his brothers to the Friars in Apulia, praising and praising God in his saints. She was equally healed by a little girl Auriem, who was blind for a year and a half. They brought her to the grave, prayed earnestly, and the girl gained a vision with the intercession of the saint.

German names Caroline was blind for seven years. They brought her to the saints’ grave as desired and vow. As she prayed by the grave, she suddenly looked at and thanked God for giving her so much a gift of grace and faith with the saints’ intercession.

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Prayer to Holy Anti for every Tuesday

St. Anthony, the great saints and miracles, with faith and hope, we influence you and your holy intercession with God. With your faithful inheritance of Jesus Christ, with your penance, purity, righteousness, humility, love and other Christian virtues, with your extraordinary holiness, you have earned eternal glory with God and men. In doing so, you have shown us the way and an example of how we will follow our Savior Jesus Christ.

You have already been so dear to God for your earthly life that Jesus went down in your arms in the face of the child and that, watching him with his eyes, you could speak to him secretly. Now you prefer in heaven. Please advocate us with a good God. We recommend, above all, the needs of the Church in our people and in all the world; We recommend all the priests to successfully proclaim people the good news and lead them to true peace in God; Then, all our monks and nuns, to sacrifice for Christ and neighbor; All our families, to live according to God’s law in harmony and love; our youth, to persevere in holy ideals; Our old men, the sick and everyone who suffers, that they patiently carry their cross after Jesus; The dying, to deceive in the grace of God, and the deceased, to rejoice in the eternal light of heaven. In your opinion, let him be eternal thank you and glory to God the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit: ‘The wonderful God is in his saints!’

Amen.