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Over the course of the past few months, I’ve found myself growing very close to a particular saint, St. Athanasius of Alexandria, who fought the Arian heresy. I have no idea why I feel such a connection with him, because he was a fourth-century bishop and I’m a twenty-first century college student. I didn’t even know too much about him when I started to feel this connection, but it has grown over time. First it was just a general sense of excitement on his feast day (in May). Then I read an article that mentioned him (in July) and felt a profound sense of respect for him, much more emotionally based than I’d felt for a saint before. Over the past few months, that respect has deepened into affection. I’m reading about him, trying to figure out why I feel such a connection with him, but I can’t figure it out. He’s obviously an awesome saint, but there are many awesome saints I don’t feel this way about, including saints who would seem to be more similar to me. Has this happened to anyone else?
For now, I’m assuming that he was praying for me, and that that’s why I felt such a connection to him. That does leave the interesting question of why he would be praying for me. I’m asking him to pray for me now, so even if he wasn’t praying for me before, he definitely is now.
For now, I’m assuming that he was praying for me, and that that’s why I felt such a connection to him. That does leave the interesting question of why he would be praying for me. I’m asking him to pray for me now, so even if he wasn’t praying for me before, he definitely is now.