How
many Christians weep over temporal misfortunes, and yet are
insensible to the loss of their immortal souls! They avoid going near
a corpse, and yet delight daily in the company of sinners.
--
Saint Anthony of
Padua
Saint
Anthony of Padua's
patronage: Against
shipwrecks; against starvation; against starving; American Indians;
amputees; animals; asses; barrenness; boatmen; Brazil; diocese of
Beaumont, Texas; domestic animals; elderly people; expectant mothers;
faith in the Blessed Sacrament; Ferrazzano, Italy; fishermen;
harvests; horses; Lisbon, Portugal; lost articles; lower animals;
mail; mariners; oppressed people; Padua, Italy; paupers; poor people;
Portugal; pregnant women; sailors; seekers of lost articles;
shipwrecks; starvation; starving people; sterility; swineherds; Tigua
Indians; travel hostesses; travellers; watermen.
