Devotion of Saint Anthony: the short prayer for favors

Da Paolo Tessione - January 10, 2020

The prayer that St. Anthony often said:

Behold the Cross of the Lord!
Escape enemy forces!
The Lion of Judah won,
David's root! Alleluia!

SANT'ANTONIO DA PADOVA

Lisbon, Portugal, c. 1195 - Padua, June 13 1231

Fernando di Buglione was born in Lisbon. At 15 he was a novice in the monastery of San Vincenzo, among the regular canons of Sant'Agostino. In 1219, at 24, he was ordained a priest. In 1220 the bodies of five Franciscan friars beheaded in Morocco arrived in Coimbra, where they had gone to preach by order of Francis of Assisi. After obtaining permission from the Franciscan provincial of Spain and the Augustinian prior, Fernando enters the hermitage of the Minors, changing the name to Antonio. Invited to the General Chapter of Assisi, he arrives with other Franciscans in Santa Maria degli Angeli where he has the opportunity to listen to Francis, but not to know him personally. For about a year and a half he lives in the hermitage of Montepaolo. On the mandate of Francis himself, he will then begin to preach in Romagna and then in northern Italy and France. In 1227 he became provincial of northern Italy continuing in the preaching work. On 13 June 1231 he was in Camposampiero and, feeling ill, asked to return to Padua, where he wanted to die: he would expire in the convent of the Arcella. (Avvenire)

INVOCATION TO S.ANTONIO

(of San Bonaventura)

Remember, dear Saint Anthony, that you have always helped and consoled anyone who turned to you in their needs.

Animated by great confidence and the certainty of not praying in vain, I too appeal to you, that you are so rich in merits before the Lord. Do not refuse my prayer, but make it come, with your intercession, to the throne of God.

Come to my aid in the present distress and necessity, and obtain for me the grace that I ardently implore, if it is for the good of my soul ...

Bless my work and my family: keep diseases and dangers of soul and body away from it. May I remain strong in the faith and love of God in the hour of pain and trial. Amen.