St. Anthony Sees God

St. Anthony Sees God

One day, when Anthony came down from the tree to join the other friars for lunch, he became seriously ill. He asked his confreres to take him by cart to Padua. When they got just outside Padua, however, the group decided to stop at the Franciscan friary at Arcella, next to a Poor Clare monastery. It was here that Anthony would breathe his last. As the friar’s final moments drew near, he received the sacrament of reconciliation for the last time …