Purity is good order, harmony, peace, and contentment because it is God-likeness, imitation of God. It is not a mere negation it is a positive quality. Anthony in his litany gives us a really concrete and correct idea of purity. The Title, 'Vessel of Purity which is given to St. Anthony, Mirror of Abstinence, pray for us.
Anthony and you will get what you need: the answer to your appeals and growth in goodness. Anthony, who always answers, shows us the way. To live as a married person should mean to abstain from many things, not only illegitimate pleasures to live as a single person in the world calls for much abstinence, also.
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That same Anthony by his life and work will show you how to live. Anthony, mirror of abstinence, will offer your prayers to God and God will hear you through him. In living up to this way, he became a mirror of true and imitable abstinence. He lived up to his way of life as a priest and friar. Anthony is not noted for unusual or frightening penances and mortifications. Anthony we find that he is an example of abstinence, that lends itself to imitation. The abstinence involved in keeping of poverty, chastity, and obedience and the abstinence required for the tremendous work of preaching, teaching, and writing was Anthony's abstinence. He practiced that restraint which is abstinence-restraint even in legitimate pleasures. The Infinite created the finite, according to various limited participations in His unlimited perfections. Abstaining is a qual- ity of a God who is infinite, unlimited, yet practices limitation in His mercy and justice. Anthony, the mirror, makes us become more attractive-more God-like. We are attracted to the good, and going to St. Anthony we learn about him, and what we learn is good but the good by the very nature of things attracts us. We approach the great saint and, facing him, we begin to show forth his virtues. The saints share in His love to a greater degree, and through them, He draws us to an even greater love of Himself. All creatures participate in His goodness. God has gentle ways and effective means of drawing us to Himself. He is called a mirror because he intercedes for us even if we are not the beauties we should be.
Anthony makes up for many of our blemishes and his heavenly handsomeness supplies for our worldly ugliness. God just doesn't refuse to answer any prayer that has the stamp, the image of the Saint of Padua. He is a mirror because we go up to him and his reflection on us reassures us that our prayers will be heard. Anthony to ask for something, we should get a good look at him. Neglect it we dare not, because it would he such a waste, a potential unrealized. There is an aspect of the practicality of devotion to St. Anthony might be, in part, clue to his effects. After all, Christ Himself said, 'By their fruits you shall know them. This drive to see results, to count productions, carries over into our spiritual life, and we are not too wrong. What can it produce? What do we get out of it? It might be true that other people are interested in the 'who of a person or thing, but basically we are pragmatic, utilitarian. The antics and marriages of royalty do interest us, but our main interest is not so much who does what but what he or she does. In Christ’s name, we continue the ministry of healing so fundamental to the understanding of Saint Francis.We are notoriously a practical people. In addition, the Conventuals are the Vatican confessors at St. The Spiritual Center of the Order is in Assisi, Italy, where our Friars care for the Basilica of St. We wear a black or gray habit with a simple three-knotted cord representing our Vows of Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience. There are four provinces in North America, with associated jurisdictions or missions in the UK and Ireland, Australia, Vietnam and Central America. Our Order is spread throughout the world, and includes about 4500 priests and brothers who are all commonly called Friars. Like all Franciscans, we are called to live the Gospel of Jesus Christ in poverty, chastity and obedience, but we place special emphasis on our communal life. Francis, “And the Lord sent me brothers”. The word Conventual is derived from the Latin convenire, “to come together” hence we live together in “convents” or friaries. The Conventual Franciscans are the oldest of the three existing branches of the First Order of St.
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