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| St. Sabas the Sanctified |
History
When Saint Sabas was very small,
his father had to go away with the army, so he left Sabas with an uncle. The
uncle’s wife was not very kind, so Sabas ran away when he was only 8 years old.
He went to live with another uncle, but when the two uncles started quarrelling
over Sabas’ inheritance, he ran away again, this time to a monastery. After a
while, his uncles reached an agreement – they wanted Sabas to get married! But
he wanted to live alone with Christ, so he stayed put. Later on, he organized a
lavra, a kind of monastery were each monk lives in his own little one-room house or cave,
and the brothers only get together on Sunday for Holy Communion. His lavra is
now the oldest operating lavra still in existence in the world today, even
though an earthquake destroyed a lot of it in the 1843.
Activity
Saint Sabas knew how important it
was to take time apart from other people to pray. During Advent, it’s really,
really easy to get so busy, we forget to pray. Today, take a little bit of time
where each member of the family can be alone to pray (parents may need to
tag-team if there are very young children in the household). When you pray,
remember to ask Saint Sabas to pray that you will have time every day to pray,
especially on the busy days.
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