My Bride especially is devoted to Saint Anthony.
If, then, thou seekest miracles,
Death, error, all calamities,
The leprosy and demons flee,
The sick, by him made whole, arise.
The sea withdraws and fetters break,
And withered limbs he doth restore,
While treasures lost are found again,
When young or old his help implore.
All dangers vanish from our path,
Our direst needs do quickly flee:
Let those who know repeat the theme:
Let Paduans praise St. Anthony
Julian of Speyer, poem written about Saint Anthony in 1235, four years after his death.
I do, as well, but I always apologize for bothering him with my personal absent-mindedness. 😁
Here is the best St Anthony story I know, from a Canadian Catholic, which I often repeat.
https://www.bravestthing.com/2021/07/wheres-my-combat-rosary.html?m=1
Whenever I was looking for a missing file Frank, my sainted Secretary would always check by my right hand side of my desk and it was invariably there. I used to jokingly accuse her of black magic.
Nice story about the combat rosary. I’m training myself to put things like car keys, household keys in a box that has hooks in the mudroom. Alas I don’t always follow through and that is where St. Anthony comes in. I am overwhelmed with paperwork. My most recent help from St. Anthony was looking for 4 checkbooks.
I looked everywhere in the car, van, in my “paper wallows” as my husband calls them. recently I really needed the checks for bills and for VA and IRS ES deadlines. Aha, found them in places I had already looked. Thank you, St. Anthony. Some times I will send a donation to one of the soup kitchens affiliated with the Franciscans. My dear friend a convert asks me to pray to St. Anthony for her lost items.
St Anthony is wonderful for helping tired parents find their children’s misplaced items! Also, he is of great assistance in finding a parking spot…along with Our Mother Mary of course: “Hail Mary full of Grace, help me find a parking space”.