St Anthony of Padua, Rye

03/06/2020

Young people ages 14-29 are returning to the Catholic Church by means of the Latin Mass. Older generations are shocked to learn that people born long after t...

03/09/2019

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13/06/2019

13 June
St Anthony of Padua/Lisbon, Franciscan (1195 - 1231)

(Wishing you all a very happy Feast Day of this very popular and much loved saint. May he help you find all that you may have lost, as well as be an inspiration to you, to preach the Gospel with your life).

Saint Anthony, (Named after St Antony the Great of Egypt*), Fernando Martins, was born in Lisbon, Portugal. He first became a Canon Regular of St Augustine, but he was so impressed by the martyrdom, by beheading, of five Franciscans who had been spreading the faith in Morocco that he became a Franciscan friar himself. He wanted to preach the gospel in Africa too, but illness obliged him to leave Morocco. On the way out, a storm drove his ship to Sicily. There in 1221, he he found himself taking part in the General Chapter of the Franciscans, meeting Saint Francis of Assisi himself.

After that his preaching career then took him to northern Italy and southern France, then a stronghold of the Albigensian (Cathar**) heresy. He later returned to Italy, to Padua, where he was an outstanding preacher and the first Franciscan theologian. His sermons are full of gentleness, but he reproved the wicked with fearless severity, especially backsliding clergy and the oppressors of the weak.

St Anthony's shrine is a centre of pilgrimage, and he is also the patron saint of lost articles. He is also recognised as a Doctor of the Church by the Roman Catholic Church.


Let us pray.

Almighty, ever-living God,
you gave Saint Anthony of Padua to your people
as a preacher of great power and a patron in their needs.
Grant that, following his example,
we may follow a Christian way of life,
and feel your aid in all our trials.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

20/05/2019

Our shepherd has returned to tend his flock! We are all joyous to have him return following his visit back to his home in USA. Welcome back Father Matthew.

19/05/2019

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30/04/2019

Today we finally celebrate the feast of St George having been moved from last week to this week due to Easter celebrations.

God of hosts,
who so kindled the fire of charity
in the heart of Saint George your martyr,
that he bore witness to the risen Lord
both by his life and by his death;
grant us through his intercession, we pray,
the same faith and power of love,
that we who rejoice in his triumph
may be led to share with him
in the fullness of the resurrection.
Through our Lord.

28/04/2019

20/04/2019

Fr Matthew and everyone at St Anthony’s wish you a blessed and Happy Easter.

EASTER SUNDAY
21st April 2019

Christ has risen; he is the light of his people, whom he has redeemed with his blood. Alleluia!

On this day, Lord God,
you opened for us the way to eternal life
through your only Son's victory over death.
Grant that as we celebrate the feast of his resurrection
we may be renewed by your Holy Spirit
and rise again in the light of life.

19/04/2019

On Good Friday at St Anthony’s the Passion of the Lord is at 3.00pm. Stations of the Cross is at 6.30.
All are welcome.

I Kiss the Wounds (a prayer Good Friday)

I kiss the Wounds of Your Sacred Head,
with sorrow deep and true,
may every thought of my mind today
be an act of perfect love for You.

I kiss the Wounds of Your Sacred Feet,
with sorrow deep and true,
may every step I take today
be an act of perfect love for You.

I kiss the Wounds of Your Sacred Hands,
with sorrow deep and true,
may every touch of my hands today
be an act of perfect love for You.

I kiss the Wound of Your Sacred Shoulder,
with sorrow deep and true,
may every cross I bear today
be an act of perfect love for You

I kiss the Wounds of Your Sacred Heart,
with sorrow deep and true,
may every beat of my heart today
be an act of perfect love

13/04/2019

"For Christ sent me to overcome the world by being really subject to everyone, so that by love I might draw souls to Him through the example of humility"
Francis of Assisi: Early Documents, vol. 3, p. 155
Artwork - Etching - 1626 - Ciamberlano Luca