St Anthony's Feast Day

Cake??!!! Mine? no no! it's meant for a lot of people... today, 13th of June, is a feast day of St.Anthony of Padua. MY SAINT! haha! I never realized the real meaning of this name till recently. never knew such a name was so great and noble in the past. (geez, i'm carrying such a burden)
known as the restorer of lost things, the doctor of church, the father to the poor, zealous for justice, and defender of innocence. Also as liberator of prisoner, guide of pilgrims, example of humility, comforter of those in distress, and lover of the cross... (see? i told you I'm carrying such burden)


I went to (again) St.Mary of the angels church. people brought lilies along with them. the atmosphere pre-mass was AMAZING! dimmed lights, voice of water, scents of lilies, it was just so thrilling...
after mass, there's a devotion to St.Anthony, and we walked around the columbarium (the place where ashes were kept), bringing candles and lilies, while prayers and petitions are chanted.
I really wanted to buy the lily, but I'm going back home tomorrow, so i can't buy it and leave it just like that, rite?
then, after that, we had a mega-dinner together. it's really like a feast day! spaghetti, roti john, roast meat (dunno what meat... don't have the chance to take some), prawn noodles, and stuffs the congregation brought to share.
I was queuing for spaghetti when the friar asked whether there is anyone named Anthony and its derivatives (Antonio, Antonella, Antoinette, if you understand what i mean). we were asked to gather at the middle, near a huge cake (I mean, HUGE), and we celebrated our saint's feast day together! after we cut the cake, i went to queue again for the spaghetti, intending to use the plate to take the cake.. but, geez, the cake is finished by the time i got there.. so saddd...

didn't know why back there in Indonesia, we didn't celebrate Feast day.. it's really fun and nice.. really happy back there.



reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_of_Lisbon