Today is the solemnity remembrance of the death of our Holy Father St Benedict. He died in AD 547.
St Benedict as we know, was an ordinary man who bequeathed to us an extraordinary legacy of monastic life and culture with the founding a monastery at Monte Cassino (and several monasteries) and curating his ‘rule for beginners’. The daily reading of the Holy Rule continues to inspire others to seek God as disciples and friends of Jesus.
Image courtesy of Ampleforth Abbey