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 “Living in Gratitude and Serving in Love.”

As a community of believers, we will renew our commitments of love and gratitude to Our God while in humble service to our parish!

Thank you for celebrating Commitment Sunday with us this weekend. Your commitment to our parish through our Living in Gratitude, Serving in Love Initiative will continue to bring life to our community. If completing your commitment card was not possible at Mass, an invitation to respond will be mailed later this week to your home. Please return your Commitment Card to the office this week or in next week’s collection. If you have not yet done so, join the many others and give your gift online through our electronic giving program by clicking on the "Make a Gift" button on the menu bar at the top of the page. We thank everyone for continued prayerful consideration over the gift of your first fruits to Our Lord!

Bishop's Annual Appeal for Ministries 2019

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News from the Diocese

Current issue of the Tennessee Register, newspaper of the Diocese of Nashville

Saint of the Day

Saint Hilarion

Published: October 21, 2019

Saint Hilarion

Saint of the Day for October 21

(c. 291 – 371)

 

Saint Hilarion’s Story

Despite his best efforts to live in prayer and solitude, today’s saint found it difficult to achieve his deepest desire. People were naturally drawn to Hilarion as a source of spiritual wisdom and peace. He had reached such fame by the time of his death that his body had to be secretly removed so that a shrine would not be built in his honor. Instead, he was buried in his home village.

Saint Hilarion the Great, as he is sometimes called, was born in Palestine. After his conversion to Christianity, he spent some time with Saint Anthony of Egypt, another holy man drawn to solitude. Hilarion lived a life of hardship and simplicity in the desert, where he also experienced spiritual dryness that included temptations to despair. At the same time, miracles were attributed to him.

As his fame grew, a small group of disciples wanted to follow Hilarion. He began a series of journeys to find a place where he could live away from the world. He finally settled on Cyprus, where he died in 371 at about age 80.

Hilarion is celebrated as the founder of monasticism in Palestine. Much of his fame flows from the biography of him written by Saint Jerome.

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Reflection

We can learn the value of solitude from Saint Hilarion. Unlike loneliness, solitude is a positive condition in which we are alone with God. In today’s busy and noisy world, we could all use a little solitude.

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