Today, the Western Church celebrates the feast of our holy Father amongst the Saints, Benedict.
In Europe, traces of St Benedict`s influence can be found everywhere, with remains of, and current monasteries widespread.
For those of us with a literary interest, Ellis Peters` monastic sleuth Brother Cadfael was a Benedictine :-)
The life of St Benedict was written by St Gregory the Great and can be found here
A lovely painting depicting scenes from St Benedict`s life can be found at the National Gallery website
Holy Father Benedict, pray for us !
2 comments:
I'm a Br. Cadfael fan. I've even been to the ruins of the Abbey in Shrewsburry.
Just last month I was reading about St. Gwen of Wales and it started to click. I think that was the relics that several of the books talk about. At least her live sounded familiar.
I know next to nothing about St. Benedict, I'll have to spend a little time learning about him. Thank you for sharing this.
Holy Father Benedict pray for us!
Deb
Holy St. Benedict pray to God for us.
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