Jan. 17 Memorial of St. Anthony, Abbot, Memorial

Propers for the Memorial of St. Anthony, Entrance Antiphon, Cf. Ps 92 (91): 13-14:The just will flourish like the palm tree, and grow like a Lebanaon cedar, planted in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.Alleluia Verse, Jn 8:31b-32:If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, says the Lord.Communion Antiphon, Cf. Mt 19:21:If you would be perfect, go, self what you have, give to the poor, and follow me, says the Lord..The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Anthony, Abbot (251-356) from the 3rd century. St. Anthony, the father of monks, retired to the desert at about the age of eighteen in order to live in perfect solitude. He laid the foundations of community life, and gave to his disciples that profound broad and sane instruction, the mature result of solitude and prayer, which forms the surest basis of Christian asceticism.