Monday, June 13, 2016
Saint Anthony Of Padua, Confessor And Doctor Of the Church
The Catholic Encyclopedia on St. Anthony
Wikipedia
This great Franciscan saint, proclaimed by Pope Pius XII the "Evangelical Doctor" of the Church, is also the patron of those seeking lost things.
When Saint Anthony was preaching in Rimini, a local heretic (some sources say the man was Jewish) stated that he would not believe in Our Lord's Real Presence in the Eucharist unless a horse knelt before the Blessed Sacrament. After praying, Saint Anthony had a horse brought to him, and showed the horse the Blessed Sacrament in his right hand, and some oats in his left. The horse refused the oats, and knelt before the Blessed Sacrament. And the heretic made his submission to Holy Mother the Church.
Saint Anthony, I thank thee for favors granted, and please continue to pray for us!
