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Three days later, "Benedict beheld the soul of his sister, which was departed from her body, in the likeness of a dove, to ascend into heaven: who rejoicing much to see her great glory, with hymns and lauds gave thanks to Almighty God, and did impart news of this her death to his monks whom also he sent presently to bring her corpse to his abbey, to have it buried in that grave which he had provided for himself" (ibid., 34). 22-23, 35-41).
Possessions could be held in common, they might be large, but they were to be administered for the furtherance of the work of the community and for the benefit of others. "Six days before he left this world he gave orders to have his sepulchre opened, and forthwith falling into an ague, he began with burning heat to wax faint; and when as the sickness daily increased, upon the sixth day he commanded his monks to carry him into the oratory, where he did arm himself receiving the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ; and having his weak body holden up betwixt the hands of his disciples, he stood with his own hands lifted up to heaven; and as he was in that manner praying, he gave up the ghost" (ibid., 37).
Thus we find the Benedictines teaching in poor schools and in the universities, practising the arts and following agriculture, undertaking the care of souls, or devoting themselves wholly to study. for guidance in these higher states the Saint refers to the Fathers, Basil and Cassian. For them he built in the valley twelve monasteries, in each of which he placed a superior with twelve monks.
St. Benedict of Nursia. The saint's purpose was not to institute an order of clerics with clerical duties and offices, but an organization and a set of rules for the domestic life of such laymen as wished to live as fully as possible the type of life presented in the Gospel. The initials CSPB stand for "Crux Sancti Patris Benedicti" ("The Cross of the Holy Father Benedict") and are located on the interior angles of the cross. By his advice Benedict became a hermit and for three years, unknown to men, lived in this cave above the lake. St.
In Gregory's day, history was not recognised as an independent field of study; it was a branch of grammar or rhetoric, and historia was an account that summed up the findings of the learned when they wrote what was, at that time, considered 'history. [14], During the invasion of Italy, Totila, King of the Goths, ordered a general to wear his kingly robes and to see whether Benedict would discover the truth. St. If 480 is accepted as the year of his birth, the year of his abandonment of his studies and leaving home would be about 500. "She had been dedicated from her infancy to Our Lord, and used to come once a year to visit her brother.
It consists in realizing the presence of God (ibid., 7). Enfide, which the tradition of Subiaco identifies with the modern Affile, is in the Simbrucini mountains, about forty miles from Rome and two from Subiaco.
St Benedict of Nursia wrote a series of instructions for his monastery at Monte Cassino, outlining instructions for a life of work and prayer in the monastic community. Romanus, Gregory tells us, served Benedict in every way he could. The life which we have witnessed at Subiaco was renewed at Monte Cassino, but the change in the situation and local conditions brought a corresponding modification in the work undertaken by the monks. LXVI). This was known as the ‘Benedictine Rule’, and became the norm for monastic living throughout medieval Europe. This brought the monastery into more frequent communication with the outside world. Crossing the Anio and turning to the right, the path rises along the left face oft the ravine and soon reaches the site of Nero's villa and of the huge mole which formed the lower end of the middle lake; across the valley were ruins of the Roman baths, of which a few great arches and detached masses of wall still stand.
Work is not, as the civilization of the time taught, the condition peculiar to slaves; it is the universal lot of man, necessary for his well-being as a man, and essential for him as a Christian. Atlanta Beyond MLK: How Black Christians Continue a Civil Rights Legacy. Nihil Obstat. Then "giving over his books, and forsaking his father's house and wealth, with a mind only to serve God, he sought for some place where he might attain to the desire of his holy purpose; and in this sort he departed [from Rome], instructed with learned ignorance and furnished with unlearned wisdom" (Dial. His purpose of life had also been modified. It provides instead a spiritual portrait of the gentle, disciplined abbot.
St. Benedict of Nursia. He had fled Rome to escape the evils of a great city; he now determined to be poor and to live by his own work. Hence, too, much of the spiritual teaching of the Rule is concealed under legislation which seems purely social and domestic organization (ibid.
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