ST HYPERECHIOS, HERMIT - 7 AUGUST

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN AUGUST

Saints celebrated on the 7th of August

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SAINT HYPERECHIOS, HERMIT 

Saint Hyperechios is an Egyptian Desert hermit. A collection of sayings attributed to him were published in the Vitae Patrum by Heribert Rosweyde S.J.

SOME OF HIS SAYINGS RUN THUS:

• The monk who is not master of his tongue when he is angry will never master his passions.

• Let your mouth not pronounce an evil saying, for a grapevine does not bear thorns.

• The monk in control of himself will be honoured on earth and will be crowned in heaven before the most high.

• The body of the monk, dried out by fasting, waters a soul from the depths, and the fasting of the monk dries up the channels of fleshly delights.

• It is good to eat flesh and to drink wine and not to eat the flesh of your brothers in backbiting.