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Just as the root feeds the tree, so humility feeds the soul. The spirit of humility is sweeter than honey, and whoever is fed by this sweetness produces fruit.
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Solicitude for material things rends the soul; thus distracted, it divides it. The devil seizes the divided soul and thereby kills it.
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Just as a tower defends a fortress, so humility of heart defends bodily chastity from the darts of fornication.
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Born:
August 15, 1195
Died:
June 13, 1231
(aged 35)
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Saint Anthony of Padua, also known as Anthony of Lisbon, was a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order. He was born and raised by a wealthy family in Lisbon and died in Padua, Italy.
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