{"id":8159,"date":"2025-06-12T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=8159"},"modified":"2025-06-10T18:42:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T22:42:44","slug":"st-anthony-of-padua-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/st-anthony-of-padua-3\/","title":{"rendered":"St Anthony of Padua"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/june12aa.jpg?ssl=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"907\" height=\"905\" data-attachment-id=\"3511\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/saints-and-blesseds\/saint-anthony-of-padua\/attachment\/june12aa\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/june12aa.jpg?fit=907%2C905&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"907,905\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;neo&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1654810873&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"june12aa\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/june12aa.jpg?fit=625%2C624&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/june12aa.jpg?resize=625%2C624&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3511\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/june12aa.jpg?w=907&amp;ssl=1 907w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/june12aa.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/june12aa.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/june12aa.jpg?resize=768%2C766&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/june12aa.jpg?resize=624%2C623&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How great is the kindness of God. How great is the dignity<br>of the penitent. He who lives in eternity dwells in the heart<br>of the humble and in the soul of the penitent.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The spirit of humility is sweeter than honey<br>and those who nourish themselves<br>with this honey produce sweet fruit.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Attribute to God every good that you have received.<br>If you take credit for something that does not<br>belong to you, you will be guilty of theft.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saint Anthony <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How great is the kindness of God. How great is the dignityof the penitent. He who lives in eternity dwells in the heartof the humble and in the soul of the penitent. The spirit of humility is sweeter than honeyand those who nourish themselveswith this honey produce sweet fruit. 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