Comments on: A Remarkable Saint from the East - the Hermit of Lebanon http://catholicinformation.aquinasandmore.com/2008/07/24/a-remarkable-saint-from-the-east-the-hermit-of-lebanon/ If it\'s Catholic we\'ll talk about it and probably sell it. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:28:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Br. Philip Grinslade http://catholicinformation.aquinasandmore.com/2008/07/24/a-remarkable-saint-from-the-east-the-hermit-of-lebanon/#comment-2764 Br. Philip Grinslade Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:31:54 +0000 http://catholicinformation.aquinasandmore.com/?p=826#comment-2764 Thank you for posting this information on St. Charbel, priest, hermit, and saint. Yestereay at the Mass celebrated in his honor and memory, I learned of his life for the first time. I myself follow the life of a hermit according the the simple rule of St. Francis of Assisi and under the inspiration of what I have been able to learn from the rules of other orders and their saintly examples. Early in my youth I entered the Franciscan Order (O.F.M.) as an aspiratant to the priesthood as a Franciscan. When my mother's illness led me to choose to leave the Franciscan community to assist her in her last illness, I did not realize that this choice would lead me to live a life that would exclude a return to the cloister and religious life. In the interim I have sought to emulate the holy examples of those who have inspired me and the result is this simple life as a hermit which I try to live in the spirit of St. Francis. However, I am greatly inspired by the life of St. Charbel and wonder if there is any possibility of my becoming a Maronite priest so I could emulate his life as a hermit and a priest? Thank you for receiving and helping me in my effort to seek to follow the Will of God in this regard and to live my vocation according to God's grace and calling. Sincerely and respectfully yours, Br. Philip Grinslade Thank you for posting this information on St. Charbel, priest, hermit, and saint. Yestereay at the Mass celebrated in his honor and memory, I learned of his life for the first time. I myself follow the life of a hermit according the the simple rule of St. Francis of Assisi and under the inspiration of what I have been able to learn from the rules of other orders and their saintly examples.

Early in my youth I entered the Franciscan Order (O.F.M.) as an aspiratant to the priesthood as a Franciscan. When my mother’s illness led me to choose to leave the Franciscan community to assist her in her last illness, I did not realize that this choice would lead me to live a life that would exclude a return to the cloister and religious life. In the interim I have sought to emulate the holy examples of those who have inspired me and the result is this simple life as a hermit which I try to live in the spirit of St. Francis.

However, I am greatly inspired by the life of St. Charbel and wonder if there is any possibility of my becoming a Maronite priest so I could emulate his life as a hermit and a priest?

Thank you for receiving and helping me in my effort to seek to follow the Will of God in this regard and to live my vocation according to God’s grace and calling.

Sincerely and respectfully yours,

Br. Philip Grinslade

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