Blessed
Anthony found himself in a city to preach and was put up by
a local resident. He gave him a room set apart, so that he
could study and contemplate undisturbed. While he prayed by
himself, in the room, the landlord continued his bustling
about the house.
While
he was devotedly observing the room in which St. Anthony had
immersed himself in prayer, peeping through the window, he
saw a beautiful joyful baby appear in blessed Anthony's arms.
The Saint hugged and kissed him, contemplating the face with
unceasing attention. The landlord, awed and enraptured by
the child's beauty, began to think of where such a graceful
child might have come from.
That
baby was the Lord Jesus. He revealed to the blessed Anthony
that his host was watching. After a long time spent in prayer,
the vision disappeared; the Saint called the landlord, and
he forbade him from telling anyone whilst Anthony was still
alive what he had seen. After the Saint passed away, the man
told the tale crying, swearing on the Bible that he was telling
the truth (Liber miraculorum 22,1-8).
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