Today, 13 June, is the feast of the Franciscan saint, Anthony of Padua, and as this statue in a church in Trastevere shows, he is a very popular saint!
Born in Lisbon in 1195, Anthony joined the Augustinian canons, but then later joined the new order started by St Francis of Assisi and became a friar. He was a preacher of great note, became the order's first theologian and doctor of the Church and became Minister General of the order. He died in 1231 and was canonized in 1263
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Cathedral of St. Paul. "The American Jesuit Martyrs window, on the north side, commemorates the eight American martyrs."
Sts. James, Bartholomew, Simon and John. Cathedral of St. Paul, Minnesota. See the full window.
The longest part of the Rule of Saint Benedict is Chapter 7 on Humility. He describes a ladder reaching to heaven, with twelve steps of humility. The spiritual seeker, by taking a lower place in humility, will ascend.
The sisters at Annunciation Monastery in Bismarck, ND commissioned this statue. St. Benedict is stepping DOWN to begin to use the ladder. His hand is on the seventh rung - perhaps the hardest, counting oneself lower and of less account than anyone else. --Sr. Edith
Outdoor nativity scene at the College of St. Scholastica, Duluth. Taken last year.
