[Mad Dawg]

I know our Protestant brethren sneer at us, but it is, to me, unquestionable and unquestionably wonderful how appeals to St. Anthony's intercession are so often followed by astonishing recoveries of the lost.

That's a great story.

What the story of St. Anthony did for me was to help me understand that the joy of seeing God is like the joy most of us experience when we see a baby. It gave me a whole new "flesh-and-blood" take on the Beatific Vision.

[maryz]

so often followed by astonishing recoveries of the lost.

That's been my experience too! :)

[AKA Elena]

Believe me, none of our non-Catholic friends sneered that day, but were overjoyed for me. No one questioned our Faith or little prayer.

Of course, they are "used to" our pride in our Faith and although generally "Evangelicals", are very "in synch" with us on our views of the moral absolutes and other societal and fiscal issues of today.

One time, while on the road, the elderly priest who gave the homily, had everyone stop and remember our feelings (if we could remember them) when we saw the approach of our first (or lasting) love, in years gone by. After we paused for this reflection ... he told us to multiply that wonderful thrill of emotion and we might feel a fragment of what we might very well feel when we are finally in His Presence.

I carried that feeling with me with Spiritual pleasure.

This was brought to mind once more by the part of the life of St Anthony where he was seen with the Infant Jesus in his arms, so I experienced a portion of your own Gift from the story of St Anthony.