Benedict of Nursia (480 – 543 or 547 AD) founded twelve monasteries and penned what is now known as 'The Rule of St Benedict'. Benedict wrote this as a way of life for the twelve communities he founded and is predicated on the principles of balance and moderation in all things. He appears to have been a gentle and kind abbot and his rule rapidly became a basis for the majority of religious communities in Western Christendom and, in particular, all Benedictine communities.
Below is a prayer that St Benedict wrote. May we make this our prayer today.
A Prayer of St. Benedict
O gracious and Holy Father,
give us wisdom to perceive you,
intellect to understand you,
diligence to seek you,
patience to wait for you,
eyes to behold you,
a heart to meditate upon you,
and a life to proclaim you;
through the power of the Spirit
of Jesus Christ our Lord.
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