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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - St Benedict
DESCRIPTION:A reading from “Butler’s Lives of the Saints” on \nST BENEDICT \n◊◊◊ \nBenedict was of good birth\, and was born and brought up at the ancient \nSabine town of Nursia. He was sent to Rome for his ‘liberal education’\, being \naccompanied by a ‘nurse’\, probably to act as housekeeper. He was then in his \nearly teens\, or perhaps a little older. But Benedict\, revolted by the licentiousness \nof his companions in the city\, made up his mind to leave Rome. He made his \nescape without telling anyone of his plans excepting his nurse\, who \naccompanied him. They made their way to the village of Enfide in the \nmountains thirty miles from Rome. What was the length of his stay we do not \nknow\, but it was sufficient to enable him to determine his next step. Absence \nfrom the temptations of Rome\, he soon realized\, was not enough; God was \ncalling him to be a solitary and to abandon the world. \nIn search of complete solitude Benedict started forth once more\, alone\, \nand climbed further among the hills until he reached a place now known as \nSubiaco. In this wild and rocky country he came upon a monk called Romanus\, \nto whom he opened his heart\, explaining his intention of leading the life of a \nhermit. Romanus assisted the young man\, clothing him with a sheepskin habit \nand leading him to a cave in the mountain. In this desolate cavern Benedict \nspent the next three years of his life… \nDisciples began to gather about him\, attracted by his sanctity and by his \nmiraculous powers… We do not know how long the saint remained at Subiaco\, \nbut he stayed long enough to establish his monasteries on a firm and permanent \nbasis. His departure was sudden. \nHaving set all things in order\, he withdrew from Subiaco to the territory of \nMonte Cassino… Upon the site of a big temple he built two chapels and round \nabout these sanctuaries there rose little by little a great building which was \ndestined to become the most famous abbey the world has ever known\, the \nfoundation of which is likely to have been laid by St Benedict in the year 530… \nIt is probably that Benedict\, who was now in middle age\, again spent some \ntime as a hermit; but disciples soon flocked to Monte Cassino too… \nThe holy abbot\, far from confining his ministrations to those who would \nfollow his rule\, extended his solicitude to the population of the surrounding \ncountry: he cured their sick\, relieved the distressed\, distributed alms and food \nto the poor\, and is said to have raised the dead on more than one occasion. The \ngreat saint who had foretold so many other things was also forewarned of his \nown approaching death. He notified it to his disciples… He was stricken with \nfever\, and on the last day he received the Body and Blood of the Lord. Then\, \nwhile the loving hands of the brethren were supporting his weak limbs\, he \nuttered a few final words of prayer and died – standing on his feet in the chapel\, \nwith his hands uplifted towards heaven.
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