Tuesday 2nd week of Ordinary Time

 

St. Anthony the Abbot

St. Anthony was born in Egypt in the 3rd century and is the Father of Monasticism who sold all that he had a went to live in the desert and face his demons and find the Lord.

One day Anthony asked God,

“Why do some die young while others drag on to old age?

Why are some rich and others poor?

Why do the wicked prosper and the just have nothing?

Then He heard a voice say to him,

“Keep your attention on yourself!

These things happen according to the Will of God and it is not yours to know why.

Just as the fruits of the earth are not brought to perfection immediately but in time with rain and care;

So the fruits of Men ripen through ascetic practice, study, time,

Perseverance, self control and patience.”