{"id":36124,"date":"2020-11-13T08:44:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T12:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/?p=36124"},"modified":"2020-11-13T08:44:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T12:44:57","slug":"all-saints-of-the-benedictine-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2020\/11\/all-saints-of-the-benedictine-order\/","title":{"rendered":"All Saints of the Benedictine Order"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A blessed feast of All Saints of the Benedictine Order!<\/p>\n

We have the opportunity today to celebrate In Festo Omnium Sanctorum Ordinis S.P.N. Benedicti…who fought the good fight under the Rule of St Benedict. Let’s reflect on the supreme importance of the monastic vocation, past and present.<\/p>\n

Do we support our Benedictine monasteries? I am thinking of the monastic communities at Portsmouth , St Meinrad, Regina Laudis, Our Lady of the Rock, Marmion, St Walburga, the Petersham Benedictine Communities (St Mary’s Monastery & St Scholastica Priory).<\/p>\n

Monastic life is indispensable to the life of the Church, East and West, much less civil society.<\/p>\n

The beautiful hymn (Avete Solitudinis) from First Vespers prior to the 1963 reform of the Monastic Breviary:<\/p>\n

Hail dwellers in the solitude
\nAnd in the lowly cloister cell,
\nWho steadfast and unshaken stood
\nAgainst the raging hordes of hell.<\/p>\n

All wealth of gold and precious stone
\nAnd glories all of rank and birth
\nYou cast away and trampled on,
\nWith all low pleasures of this earth.<\/p>\n

The green fields and the orchards grew
\nThe simple fare whereon ye fed.
\nThe brook was drink enough for you,
\nAnd on the hard ground was your bed.<\/p>\n

Around you dwelt the venomed snakes,
\nAnd fiercest monsters harboured near.
\nAll foul forms that the demon takes
\nYou saw, but would not yield to fear.<\/p>\n

Far, far beyond all earthly things
\nYour burning thoughts would wing their flight,
\nAnd hear the holy whisperings
\nOf angels in the heavenly height.<\/p>\n

Thou Father of the heavenly host,
\nThou glorious Son of Mary maid,
\nThou Paraclete, the Holy Ghost,
\nTo Thee be praise and glory paid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A blessed feast of All Saints of the Benedictine Order! We have the opportunity today to celebrate In Festo Omnium Sanctorum Ordinis S.P.N. Benedicti…who fought the good fight under the Rule of St Benedict. Let’s reflect on the supreme importance of the monastic vocation, past and present. Do we support our Benedictine monasteries? I am … Continue reading All Saints of the Benedictine Order<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[3029],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36124"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36126,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36124\/revisions\/36126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}