Saint
Saint Charbel Makhlouf
- Country / origin
- Lebanon
- Life
- 1828–1898
- Feast
- 24 July
- Canonised
- 9 October 1977
Awaiting theological review
Who was this?
A Maronite monk and priest who spent the last 23 years of his life as a hermit at Annaya, in silence, prayer, work and the celebration of the Eucharist. Many people pray at his tomb, and healings are reported there.
Patron of
- Lebanon
- the sick
- people seeking silence and prayer
When to ask for intercession
- illness
- to find silence and peace
- for the Christians of the Middle East
A short prayer
Saint Charbel, intercede for me before the Lord, that in sickness and in silence I may trust in him.
Written for cento53 as a simple personal prayer of intercession — not a liturgical text.
A saint for what you are living
- Illness
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