- May 2, 2017
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So I read somewhere relatively recently (within the past few months) a post about a monastic saint. I believe he was a relatively modern saint (one of the 20th century saints, but my memory is fuzzy on the details - he could be an ancient). I remember that his story was one of the utmost obedience and submission to his spiritual father. Basically, he was a monk and his spiritual father was, well, not good - mean, cruel, etc. But the saint always listened and obeyed him. Other monks told him that he should find a new spiritual father; I believe I remember that the abbot also gave the saint his blessing to find a new SF if the saint wanted. But the saint chose to continue to submit to his SF. Eventually, his SF died, and the saint had a vision of his SF suffering in hell for his cruelty, meanness, sins, etc. I believe that the saint then prayed for his SF daily for a good length of time, showing his love for his SF in spite of the SF's failings.
That's really all I remember. I've been searching my browser history and some blogs I follow for a couple weeks trying to find this, but it escapes me. If anyone can help, I'd be forever grateful!
That's really all I remember. I've been searching my browser history and some blogs I follow for a couple weeks trying to find this, but it escapes me. If anyone can help, I'd be forever grateful!