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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St Maur & St Placid
DESCRIPTION:ST MAURUS AND ST PLACID \nFrom the “Dialogues” of St Gregory the Great \n◊◊◊ \nThe holy man\, St Benedict\, having returned to Subiaco\, long continued to \nshine by his virtue and miracles\, and assembled a great number of solitaries \nwho consecrated themselves to the service of God\, so that\, with the aid of our \nLord Jesus Christ\, he built twelve monasteries\, placing in each twelve Religious \nwith an Abbot to govern them. He retained with himself only a few of his \ndisciples who\, he thought\, still needed his presence to be better formed to \nperfection. It was at this time that many persons in Rome\, conspicuous for their \nnobility and virtue\, began to visit him and offer their children that he might \nmold them to piety\, and teach them to live for God alone. Aequitas and \nTertullus\, who had the honor of being Roman Patricians\, came to see the saint \nand confided to his care their two children; the former was distinguished for \nspotless innocence of life\, and merited\, though young\, to be chosen by his \nmaster to assist him in his functions. As to Placid\, being only a boy\, he was \nsubject to the weaknesses inseparable from tender age… \nThe venerable Benedict being one day in his cell\, the boy Placid…went out \nto fetch water from the lake\, but\, when dipping his pitcher into the water\, not \ntaking sufficient heed\, his body followed the vessel and he fell into the lake. The \nwaves immediately bore him out from the land as far as the usual flight of an \narrow. The saint\, who was in his cell\, knew of the sad accident at that very \ninstant\, and at once calling Maurus\, his disciple\, said to him: “Brother Maurus\, \nrun with all speed; the boy who went to fetch water fell into the lake and has \nbeen already carried off a long distance.”… \nMaurus having asked and received the blessing\, ran to the lake to execute \nthe order of his Abbot. Thinking he was treading upon dry land\, he advanced to \nthe very place where the waves had carried off the child\, and laying hold of him \nby the hair\, brought him back with great haste to the shore. Having reached the \nland\, he began to reflect on what he did\, and casting a look behind\, saw that he \nhad been running over the waves. He was astonished thereat and very much \nafraid\, seeing that he had performed what he would not have dared to undertake \nif he had been aware of what he was doing. \nHaving returned to the monastery\, he narrated the whole occurrence to \nthe Abbot. The venerable Benedict did not attribute this miracle to his own \nmerit\, but to the obedience of the disciple. Maurus\, on the other hand\, said he \nwas only fulfilling a command\, and could have no share in a miracle which he \nunconsciously performed. During this pious dispute arising from the humility \nof the holy Abbot and his disciple\, the boy rescued from peril presented himself \nas arbitrator\, and put an end to the contest thus: “When I was being drawn out \nof the waves\, I saw the Abbot’s robe above my head\, and it seemed to me that it \nwas he who delivered me from the water.”… \nAn ancient tradition says that the monk Maurus was sent into Gaul by the \nsame holy Father. There\, according to the same tradition\, he founded a \nmonastery at Glannofol; after having governed it for a long time\, he died in the \nLord in a good old age\, renowned for his sanctity and miracles… while Placid \ndied a martyr’s death in Sicily in 541\, a few years before the death of St Benedict \nhimself.
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