From the Rule of Benedict (Chap. 67): When brethren return from a journey, . . . let no one presume to tell another whatever he may have seen or heard outside of the monastery, because this causes very great harm. From Praying with Saint Benedict: A few years ago, I occasionally went to Salem, our stateContinue reading “Travel Stories”
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All Saints
From the Rule of St. Benedict: “On the feasts of Saints and on all festivals let the Office be performed as we have prescribed for Sundays, except that the Psalms, the antiphons and the lessons belonging to that particular day are to be said. . .” (Chapter 14) From Praying with Saint Benedict: Benedict instituted aContinue reading “All Saints”
Celebrating Benedict
Benedict of Nursia was a sixth-century abbot who founded twelve monasteries and gave Christian monasticism its lasting foundation in Western Europe. In the early ninth century, Louis the Pious, son of the emperor Charlemagne, declared that Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries would be the standard of organization for all monastic institutions. It is hard to overestimate Benedict’s role in western civilization. BenedictineContinue reading “Celebrating Benedict”
Scholastica
Today is the feast day of St. Scholastica, Benedict’s twin sister. The two siblings were born around 480 to a Roman noble family in Nursia, Italy. Although little is known of her early life, she founded a religious community for women five miles from Monte Cassino where her brother was abbot. Following her brother’s example of totalContinue reading “Scholastica”
Improbable Benedictine 