- St. John of the Cross (1542 - 1591)
Today is the feast day of St. Sabas. Sabas was born in 439 in Mutalaska, Cappadocia (modern day Turkey). Sabas had a very unhappy childhood because of the abuse he received from his family and tried running away several times. One time, he ran away to a monastery. His family tried to persuade him to come home, but Sabas would not come home because he loved monastic life. Even though he was the youngest one in the monastery, he was very virtuous. When he was 18, Sabas went to Jerusalem to try to live a more solitary life. He first lived in a monastery where he worked most of the day and prayed during the night because he was regarded as too young to live completely as a hermit. At 30, he was allowed to spend five day a week in a cave where he wove baskets and prayed. After St. Euthymius, his mentor, died Sabas moved into the deserts of Jericho. He lived there for several years and gained a group of 150 followers. He was ordained a priest in 491. He preached throughout Palestine, and converted many. At the age of 91, he journeyed to Constantinople to ask Emperor Justinian to suppress a Samaritan revolt. After his trip, he fell ill and died in the monastery of Mar Saba (which is still standing and used today by monks of the Eastern Orthodox Church) in 1591.
St. Sabas, pray for us!
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Picture Of And Information About St. Sabas Taken From:
http://www.americancatholic.org/features/saintofday/#tagAudio
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=758
http://catholiclane.com/st-sabas-abbot/
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