“If a man wants to be always in God’s company, he must pray regularly and read regularly. When we pray, we talk to God; when we read, God talks to us.”. These are the words of the hard-working, Saint Isidore of Seville, who despite his experiences of severe family abuse and betrayal of his own siblings, continued on the mission that God entrusted him with devotion and love.
Saint Isidore was born in Cartagena, Spain in 560 AD. He was brought up and raised by two loving parents with three other siblings, Leander and Fulgentius who served as bishops and Isidore’s sister although name unknown, occupied as an abbess. Most unfortunately, information is very scarce on Isidore’s early existence.
Life wasn't as easy as Saint Isidore grew up. He slowly uncovered his family’s treacherous teaching or discipline methods involving force and severe punishment. Ultimately, even his own brothers gave up Isidore to the duo’s personal cell and attempted to torture their sibling for stepping out of line. Years after Saint Isidore’s lockup, like most other people, became sick of this agony occupying as a prisoner. He retaliated with a carefully planned escape for freedom into a minor city, through he did not escape his own feeling of failure and rejection. …show more content…
Making the decision to make his way home, Isidore began to harness the power of his inner faith to God and started to read regularly and pray regularly, in hope that God would respond to his troubled
Saint Isidore was born in Cartagena, Spain in 560 AD. He was brought up and raised by two loving parents with three other siblings, Leander and Fulgentius who served as bishops and Isidore’s sister although name unknown, occupied as an abbess. Most unfortunately, information is very scarce on Isidore’s early existence.
Life wasn't as easy as Saint Isidore grew up. He slowly uncovered his family’s treacherous teaching or discipline methods involving force and severe punishment. Ultimately, even his own brothers gave up Isidore to the duo’s personal cell and attempted to torture their sibling for stepping out of line. Years after Saint Isidore’s lockup, like most other people, became sick of this agony occupying as a prisoner. He retaliated with a carefully planned escape for freedom into a minor city, through he did not escape his own feeling of failure and rejection. …show more content…
Making the decision to make his way home, Isidore began to harness the power of his inner faith to God and started to read regularly and pray regularly, in hope that God would respond to his troubled