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SUMMARY:Saint Benedict
DESCRIPTION:Saint Benedict\nSaint of the Day for July 11\n(c. 480 – c. 547)\nhttps://www.franciscanmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/SODJul11.mp3\nSaint Benedict’s Story\nIt is unfortunate that no contemporary biography was written of a man who has exercised the greatest influence on monasticism in the West. Benedict is well recognized in the later Dialogues of Saint Gregory\, but these are sketches to illustrate miraculous elements of his career. \nBenedict was born into a distinguished family in central Italy\, studied at Rome\, and early in life was drawn to monasticism. At first he became a hermit\, leaving a depressing world—pagan armies on the march\, the Church torn by schism\, people suffering from war\, morality at a low ebb. \nHe soon realized that he could not live a hidden life in a small town any better than in a large city\, so he withdrew to a cave high in the mountains for three years. Some monks chose Benedict as their leader for a while\, but found his strictness not to their taste. Still the shift from hermit to community life had begun for him. He had an idea of gathering various families of monks into one “Grand Monastery” to give them the benefit of unity\, fraternity\, and permanent worship in one house. Finally he began to build what was to become one of the most famous monasteries in the world—Monte Cassino\, commanding three narrow valleys running toward the mountains north of Naples. \nThe Rule that gradually developed prescribed a life of liturgical prayer\, study\, manual labor\, and living together in community under a common abbot. Benedictine asceticism is known for its moderation\, and Benedictine charity has always shown concern for the people in the surrounding countryside. In the course of the Middle Ages\, all monasticism in the West was gradually brought under the Rule of St. Benedict. \nToday the Benedictine family is represented by two branches: the Benedictine Federation encompassing the men and women of the Order of St. Benedict\, and the Cistercians\, men and women of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance. \n\nReflection\nThe Church has been blessed through Benedictine devotion to the liturgy\, not only in its actual celebration with rich and proper ceremony in the great abbeys\, but also through the scholarly studies of many of its members. Liturgy is sometimes confused with guitars or choirs\, Latin or Bach. We should be grateful to those who both preserve and adapt the genuine tradition of worship in the Church. \n\nSaint Benedict is the Patron Saint of:\nEurope\nKidney Disease\nMonks\nPoisoning\nSchoolchildren
URL:https://www.thefranciscanfriars.org/event/saint-benedict/2018-07-11/
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