For the Love of Us All

LOST AND FOUND---The Story of Saint Anthony

“Whoever finds his life

Will lose it

And whoever loses his life

For my sake

Will find it”                                               Matthew 10:39

Saint Anthony

Was a great great Saint

He lived in the early 1200’s

He should be

The Patron Saint

Of those losing their life for God

And finding oneself

He joined the Augustinian order

At about 15

The bodies of some Franciscan martyrs

Passed though the city

Where he was stationed

He decided

He wanted to die for Christ too

And switched to the Franciscan order

But an illness

Prevented him from reaching his goal

So he spent his time

At a small hermitage

Praying, reading scriptures, and doing menial tasks

He was brilliant

Yet no one knew

One day when no one was prepared

To speak

Anthony stepped forward

His speech was so astounding

That he was promoted

To teach theology

To the other friars

Legend has it

That Jesus appeared to Anthony

As the baby Jesus

In the confines of his own room

Legend also has it

That one day

When Anthony could find no one

To preach to

He went down to the river

And the fish

All poked their head out of the water and listened

So remember

The next time that you are frustrated

In your life or on your job

And things aren’t happening fast enough for you

The story of Saint Anthony

A young man

Who gave up a life

Of wealth and power

To be a servant of God

Saint Anthony

The Saint of miracles

Saint Anthony

The man who walked away from life

Only to find his life in God

Saint Anthony

The Saint of lost lives

The Saint of Restoration

The Saint of

Reclaiming our life through God

“For this son of mine was dead

And is alive again

He was lost and now is found”                                             Luke 15:24

BY FOLLOWING GOD’S PLAN

SAINT ANTHONY FOUND HIS LIFE
AND BECAME AN EXAMPLE FOR US ALL

Robert P. Wallman

6-12-11

Ps              Other than Saint Francis himself---Saint Anthony is probably the most

                  Well known of ALL the Franciscans---His feast day is June the13th

                   For what it is worth---the chronic nature of my illness began on

                   June 13th, 1977

                   

                   Giving thanks to God and Saint Anthony for helping me to find myself

                    In this crazy mixed-up world that we live in