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SUMMARY:Saint Paul the Hermit
DESCRIPTION:Saint Paul the Hermit\nSaint of the Day for January 15\n(c. 233 – c. 345)\nClick to hear audio clip ►\nSaint  Paul the Hermit’s Story\nIt is unclear what we really know of Paul’s life\, how much is fable\, how much fact. \nPaul was reportedly born in Egypt\, where he was orphaned by age 15. He was also a learned and devout young man. During the persecution of Decius in Egypt in the year 250\, Paul was forced to hide in the home of a friend. Fearing a brother-in-law would betray him\, he fled in a cave in the desert. His plan was to return once the persecution ended\, but the sweetness of solitude and heavenly contemplation convinced him to stay. \nHe went on to live in that cave for the next 90 years. A nearby spring gave him drink\, a palm tree furnished him clothing and nourishment. After 21 years of solitude\, a bird began bringing him half of a loaf of bread each day. Without knowing what was happening in the world\, Paul prayed that the world would become a better place. \nSaint Anthony of Egypt attests to his holy life and death. Tempted by the thought that no one had served God in the wilderness longer than he\, Anthony was led by God to find Paul and acknowledge him as a man more perfect than himself. The raven that day brought a whole loaf of bread instead of the usual half. As Paul predicted\, Anthony would return to bury his new friend. \nThought to have been about 112 when he died\, Paul is known as the “First Hermit.” His feast day is celebrated in the East; he is also commemorated in the Coptic and Armenian rites of the Mass. \n\nReflection\nThe will and direction of God are seen in the circumstances of our lives. Led by the grace of God\, we are free to respond with choices that bring us closer to and make us more dependent upon the God who created us. Those choices might at times seem to lead us away from our neighbor. But ultimately they lead us back both in prayer and in fellowship to one another.
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