We're on Amazon!

Natalie and I have just spent the better part of the afternoon getting St. Anthony hooked up on Amazon and Catholic Match and anywhere else we think he needs to be.  If you have any suggestions for other venues, please send them to us.  We'll LOVE your help in spreading the message of St. Anthony, finder of LOVE to the waiting world!

I'm in Berlin at a friend's house.  I've been traveling around Eastern Europe for the past 10 days leaving little St. Anthony cards around in Coffee Shops, restaurants, bookstores and churches along the way.  I've discovered that many churches actually have a statue or shrine to St. Anthony.  I took that as a good omen and so left cards behind on or near the shrines. If I can figure out how to add pictures to this page of the cards and statues, I'll post some. If not, I'll wait to get home and seek the help of Natalie or one of my children.

I've visited Budapest, Prague, Vienna and now Berlin.  I now am convinced that the Fairy Tales we read as children took taken place in Eastern Europe! The settings for these tales replicate the city centers, the castles, the plazas and churches that still adorn these beautiful cities. The pictures from the likes of  Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Wee Willy Winky, Simple Simon,  The Beauty and the Beast, Humpty Dumpty etc.,etc., etc., came to life as I walked through these picturesque cities and villages.  The bridges, the cobble stoned streets, the lamp posts, city walls, stone stairways, wooden and iron gates, ancient and mid evil statues.......all brought back memories of  Grimm Brother's Fairy Tales. Spectacularly beautiful yet quaint and  romantic.

Believe in the power of myth, believe in the power of prayer, believe in miracles, believe in love.- that's the message on the St. Anthony finder of love card.  I'm sure they'll fall into the right hands.  There are no accidents, there are no coincidences,....and only love is real.

Good Day!

 

I’ve always been intrigued by rituals and ceremonies. I love the mysticism of the Catholic mass, the sacredness of chanting monks in a Buddist temple, the solemnity of Hindi fire ceremonies, and the spiritual connection evident in Native American sweat lodges.  I celebrate the solstices, and the equinonx, with drummings in the woods. I smudge my home and surroundings to eliminate low energy and welcome in new.  I enjoy meditating and live gratefully with the benefits it brings to my life.  I celebrate the divine among us and in each of us.  And I believe in the power of myths and legends and the human spirit in manifesting things in our lives.

I manage the gift shop in a wonderful coffee house in my home town. When a friend of mine returned from Machu Pichu in Peru, she told me of a shrine, dedicated to St. Anthony that she had come upon at the base of the mountain.  She explained that pilgrims visiting this sacred place stopped at this shrine to ask St. Anthony to intercede for them in helping them find “true love” in their life.  She asked me to order a statue of St. Anthony for her daughter, and she added that I might want to order one for myself!

And so began the quest of researching the legend behind the man, St. Anthony of Padua.  St. Anthony, the finder.  

Throughout the centuries people have prayed to St. Anthony to help find lost objects, lost persons, lost loves.  The miraculous answers to prayers offered, merited Anthony the banner “saint of miracles” the “saint who is the finder”.

For my friend’s daughter and for myself, I had a statue of St. Anthony, finder of love sculpted, depicting 

St. Anthony holding a heart in his hands – my heart, friend’s daughters  heart, and now anyone who is searching for true love’s heart, embraced by the “saint of miracles” the “finder”.

Artists and creatives function as the mythologist of our times.   They keep alive myths and legends

through paintings, sculptures, poems, stories and songs.  By creating this statue of St. Anthony, finder of love, we hope to perpetuate the beautiful legend of St. Antony, finder of love. We hope that the “saint of miracles” will continue to change lives and his answered prayers will be celebrated for centuries to come.

Pax et bonum,

Julie