St. John the Silent (13 May): Butler's Lives of the Saints

St. John the Silent devoted his life to prayer, humility, silence, and contemplation. Born into nobility in Armenia, he abandoned worldly honors to pursue holiness in the desert. Though made a bishop against his wishes, he later fled to Palestine to live among the monks of St. Sabbas, where his extraordinary sanctity became known throughout the Christian world. In this reading from Butler’s Lives of the Saints, discover the remarkable story of one of the Church’s greatest hermits — a saint who mastered silence in order to hear the voice of God. 📖 Sources: Butler’s Lives of the Saints Life of St. John the Silent by Cyril of Scythopolis 0:00 Introduction 0:15 Early Life and Noble Birth 0:44 Building a Monastery at Age 18 1:06 Humility and Self-Denial 1:52 His Love of Silence 2:22 Leadership of the Monastic Community 2:38 Ordained Bishop Against His Wishes 3:26 Charity and Care for Souls 4:05 Desire for Solitude 4:47 Vision of the Cross 5:10 Journey to Palestine 5:26 Life Under St. Sabbas 6:33 Life of Extreme Contemplation 7:44 Hidden Identity as a Bishop 8:59 Years of Silence in the Desert 9:56 Forty Years in His Hermitage 10:27 Counsel to Cyril of Scythopolis 11:33 Miracles and Healings 12:21 Final Years of Sanctity 12:54 The Spiritual Power of Silence 13:16 The Joy of Holy Solitude 🙏 St. John the Silent, pray for us. https://sensusfidelium.com/the-lives-... 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 Support Catholic Businesses here - https://sensusfidelium.com/catholic-b... Sensus Fidelium Press - https://sensusfideliumpress.com/ Sensus Fidelium Apps - https://sensusfidelium.tv/ Support Sensus Fidelium - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-sup... 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴 🙏🏻PLEASE HELP OUR CHANNEL GROW 🙏🏻 ▶️ 1. Become a Channel Patron:   / 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://spiritustv.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 BitChute --- https://www.bitchute.com/channel/Sens... 🔴 Rumble --- https://rumble.com/c/c-298311 🔴 My Catholic Tube - https://mycatholictube.com/videos/sen... 🔴 LBRY.tv --- https://lbry.tv/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 ODYSEE - https://odysee.com/@SensusFidelium:c 🔴 UGETube - https://videos.utahgunexchange.com/@S... 🔴 BrandNewTube - https://brandnewtube.com/@SensusFidelium 🔴 GabTV - https://tv.gab.com/channel/Sensus_Fid... 🔴 GloriaTV - https://gloria.tv/Sensus%20Fidelium 🔴 Brighteon - https://www.brighteon.com/channels/se... ▶️ 4. Paypal, Bitcoin, Anedot, Stripe, Square & PO Box donations - https://sensusfidelium.com/donate-sup... ▶️ 5. YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 Please "Like" our videos so that Youtube shares it to others by clicking the "Like" thumbs-up under the video = 👍🏻 ▶️ 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:   / sensusfidelium   🔴 Twitter: https://  / sensus_fidelium   🔴 YouTube: Click Subscribe, then Click "Notification Bell" = 🔔 🔴 Parler: https://parler.com/profile/Sensusfide... 🔴 SP3RN: https://www.sp3rn.com/community/pages... 🔴 GAB: https://gab.com/Sensus_Fidelium 🔴 Bastyon: https://bastyon.com/sensusfidelium 🔴 GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/sensus_fidelium 🔴 INSTAGRAM:   / sensusfidelium   🔴 Telegram: https//t.me/RealSensusFidelium 🔴 Truth Social - @SensusFidelium ▶️ 8. Follow on iTunes: 🔴 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... #SaintJohnTheSilent #CatholicSaints #LivesOfTheSaints #ButlersLivesOfTheSaints #Catholicism #DesertFathers #Prayer #Silence #ChristianMysticism #SaintOfTheDay #TraditionalCatholic #CatholicFaith #Monasticism #ChristianLife #SpiritualWarfare