![]() He worked in the fields every day-he referred to himself as God’s mule. Saint Sharbel lived a simple life as a monk and as a hermit. “And this brings a real asceticism, especially in the Eastern churches, that it’s not so much what you do-in the West we’re always thinking of what we do.” He didn’t write any theological treatises,” says Msgr. “People always ask me, ‘what did he do?’ Well, he worked and he prayed. “He celebrated liturgy on December 24, 1898, and after that he suffered a stroke and died.” He was beatified in 1965 and in 1977, formally canonized in Rome. “And there he lived all of his life, but in 1876 he was able to go just up the hill to the higher part of the mountain where he lived in his little cell and became a hermit,” says Msgr. Saint Sharbel lived in a monastery that was high in the mountains in Lebanon. Don Sawyer, pastor of Our Lady’s Maronite Catholic Church in Austin, Texas. ![]() The first Sharbel was a disciple to Saint Paul,” explains Msgr. He was born with the name Joseph, but “he took the monastic name of Sharbel. Saint Sharbel Makhluf, whose feast day is celebrated on July 24, was a Maronite monk from Lebanon. Declarations of Nullity (Annulments) – FebruFebruary 21, 2023.Today’s Mass for FebruFebruary 21, 2023.The Real Gift of Life – FebruFebruary 21, 2023.
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