Seek First His Kingdom (Anthony of Padua)
The sermons of St. Anthony, edited and collated between 1227 and 1230, permit us to venture into the spiritual nature and theological doctrine of a witness to the faith whose protection is still invoked by countless thousands of people. Although the excerpts from the sermons presented here are brief and anthological, they permit us to go beyond the sometimes overly sentimental exterior image of the Saint to find his interior image, his «soul». The style of his writings is characteristic of his age: rich in images and symbols. But in them, the reader will find the critical and dynamic presence of a saint whose faith was reinforced by a lifetime of study and prayer.
The sermons of St. Anthony, edited and collated between 1227 and 1230, permit us to venture into the spiritual nature and theological doctrine of a witness to the faith whose protection is still invoked by countless thousands of people. Although the excerpts from the sermons presented here are brief and anthological, they permit us to go beyond the sometimes overly sentimental exterior image of the Saint to find his interior image, his «soul». The style of his writings is characteristic of his age: rich in images and symbols. But in them, the reader will find the critical and dynamic presence of a saint whose faith was reinforced by a lifetime of study and prayer.
The sermons of St. Anthony, edited and collated between 1227 and 1230, permit us to venture into the spiritual nature and theological doctrine of a witness to the faith whose protection is still invoked by countless thousands of people. Although the excerpts from the sermons presented here are brief and anthological, they permit us to go beyond the sometimes overly sentimental exterior image of the Saint to find his interior image, his «soul». The style of his writings is characteristic of his age: rich in images and symbols. But in them, the reader will find the critical and dynamic presence of a saint whose faith was reinforced by a lifetime of study and prayer.