Saint Paul, The First Hermit (15 January) ~ Dom Prosper Guéranger

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On January 15, the Church honors St Paul the First Hermit, the father and prince of anchorites, whose life of total detachment and solitude inaugurated the great tradition of Christian eremitical life. In this profound reading from Dom Prosper Guéranger’s The Liturgical Year, we are drawn into the mystery of Bethlehem lived out in the desert — a life of poverty, silence, prayer, and absolute trust in Divine Providence. St Paul fled the world not out of contempt for humanity, but out of burning love for God. For 60 years, he lived alone in a cave, clothed and fed by a palm tree, sustained by a spring, and miraculously nourished by bread brought daily by a crow. His life reveals that God alone suffices. This reading also recounts the famous meeting between St Paul the Hermit and St Anthony the Great, the two Apostles of the Desert — fathers respectively of anchorites and cenobites — whose feasts are united by the Church in the sacred cycle. You will hear: The Church’s traditional account of St Paul’s life His meeting with St Anthony His holy death and burial by lions Hymns from the Greek Church honoring the saint A sublime meditation on detachment, poverty, prayer, and heaven This is a meditation on: ✝️ Evangelical poverty ✝️ The silence of Bethlehem ✝️ The contemplative life ✝️ The supernatural dignity of human nature redeemed by Christ 📖 “God showed forth, for the instruction of men, that He is powerful and rich enough to supply those who have nothing but what they have from Him.” May St Paul the Hermit obtain for us: Perfect detachment from transitory things Love of poverty Love of prayer Love of our heavenly country 00:00 Introduction – January 15: St Paul the First Hermit 00:31 The Call to Total Detachment 01:09 God Dwelling with Paul in the Cave 01:23 The Angels of the Earth – Hermits 02:02 Paul and Anthony: Apostles of the Desert 02:33 The Church’s Abridged Life of St Paul 03:02 The Meeting of St Paul and St Anthony 03:24 The Miraculous Bread from Heaven 03:50 Paul Foretells His Death 04:06 The Vision of Paul’s Glorification 04:13 The Holy Death of St Paul 04:28 The Lions Prepare His Grave 05:03 The Palm Tunic and Its Legacy 05:15 Hymns of the Greek Church 06:28 Prince of Hermits – Heavenly Reward 07:08 Prayer for Detachment and Grace https://sensusfidelium.com/the-liturgical-year-dom-prosper-gueranger/january/january-15-saint-paul-the-first-hermit/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-businesses/ Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶ 1. Become a Channel Patron: https://www.patreon.com/SensusFidelium ▶ 2. Visit the website https://www.sensusfidelium.com for Gueranger, Saint of the Day, Apologetics, Meditation by the Saints, Scripture Study and more. ▶ 3. Subscribe to Other Video Platforms 🔴 SpiritusTV - https://sensusfidelium.tv/@SensusFidelium 🔴 BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium/ 🔴 Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 🔴 My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sensus-fidelium-channel/ 🔴 LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 BrandNewTube - https://brandnewtube.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 GabTV - https://tv.gab.com/channel/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 GloriaTV - https://gloria.tv/Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 Brighteon - https://www.brighteon.com/channels/sensusfidelium ▶ 4. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-support/ ▶ 5. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 ▶ 6. Please share this video 📲, and help others find Christ inside the Catholic Church! Please share this video on Facebook and Twitter using the share button. ▶ 7. Follow on Social Media: 🔴 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SensusFidelium/ 🔴 Twitter: https://https://twitter.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfidelium/posts 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages/14-sensus-fidelium 🔴 GAB: https://gab.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Bastyon: https://bastyon.com/sensusfidelium 🔴 GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/sensus_fidelium 🔴 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sensusfidelium/ 🔴 Telegram: https//t.me/RealSensusFidelium 🔴 Truth Social - @SensusFidelium ▶ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensus-fidelium-catholic-podcast/id1477010758 #StPaulTheHermit #January15 #CatholicSaints #TheLiturgicalYear #DomProsperGueranger #DesertFathers #CatholicTradition #TraditionalCatholic #CatholicAudiobook #LivesOfTheSaints #CatholicPrayer #HermitsOfTheDesert #ChristianAsceticism #MonasticSpirituality