{"id":2437,"date":"2006-11-13T17:52:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-13T17:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2006\/11\/13-november-all-benedictine-sa\/"},"modified":"2015-11-13T11:08:16","modified_gmt":"2015-11-13T10:08:16","slug":"13-november-all-benedictine-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2006\/11\/13-november-all-benedictine-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"13 November, All Benedictine Saints"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"benedicy.jpg\"<\/a>Today we celebrated the feast of All Saints Who Militated Under the Rule of Saint Benedict. One might also translate the name of the feast as “All Saints Who Soldiered Under the Rule of Saint Benedict.” It’s enough to make a Jesuit envious!
\nI thought that Spinello Aretino’s depiction of Saint Benedict exorcising a demon might be appropriate for today’s feast. Saint Gregory the Great recounts the whole story in his life of Saint Benedict. The painting, however, tells more than the story. The monks are engaged in a building project. The undertaking comes to a halt when a “heavy devil” decides to sit on a stone. No one can lift the stone. This happens not infrequently in community life.
\nSaint Peter reminds us that we are all “living stones” destined by God to be “built into a spiritual house” (1 P 2:5). Sometimes one “living stone” becomes heavy to the point of being immovable. Then the upbuilding of the community stops and the “immovable stone” becomes the focus of much frustration and unhappiness.
\nWhat can be done when a “heavy devil” fastened itself to a brother or sister in order to impede the building of the community? Prayer and fasting, and recourse to the power of the Cross and the intercession of Saint Benedict are efficacious means by which the devil can be detached from the poor soul on whom he crouches. Once rid of the “heavy devil,” the building up of community can resume.<\/em><\/p>\n


\nENTRANCE ANTIPHON
\nLet us all rejoice in the Lord,
\ncelebrating a festival in honour of all the saints
\nwho did battle under the Rule of Saint Benedict,
\nat whose solemnity the Angels rejoice
\nand all together praise the Son of God.
\nCOLLECT
\nAlmighty and ever\u2013faithful God,
\nwho ceaselessly bestow the gift of monastic life upon your Church,
\ngrant us, we beseech you, perseverance in that same vocation
\nthat we may advance full of gratitude
\nfor those who have gone before us on this path,
\nholding nothing more dear than Christ.
\nWho lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
\nGod, forever and ever.
\nGENERAL INTERCESSIONS
\nThat the holy Church of Christ on every continent
\nmay be blessed in our own day
\nwith true seekers of God and lovers of Christ,
\ncourageous in spiritual combat under the Rule of Saint Benedict,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.
\nThat our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI
\nmay experience the protection and intercession
\nof Saint Benedict on whom he relies for help
\nin his service of the universal Church,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.
\nThat the leaders of nations and all public servants
\nmay be given a share
\nin the wisdom and discretion of the holy abbot Benedict,
\nand that, like him, they may be makers of peace,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.
\nThat all who are afflicted in body, mind, or spirit,
\nmay share in the sufferings of Christ through patience,
\nand so deserve also to share in his kingdom,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.
\nThat our sisters and brothers throughout the world,
\nnuns, monks, and oblates living under the Rule of Saint Benedict,
\nmay persevere in seeking the face of God,
\nand praise him day and night,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.
\nThat, following the teaching of our holy father Saint Benedict,
\nwe may harmonize our minds with our voices,
\nand stand with holy awe
\nin the sight of the Divine Majesty and his Angels,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.
\nCOLLECT AT THE GENERAL INTERCESSIONS
\nLord Jesus,
\nwho have promised to those who leave all things for your sake
\na hundred-fold reward in this life,
\nand eternal life in the heavenly Jerusalem,
\nthrough the intercession of Saint Benedict
\nand of the holy monks and nuns who have walked in his footsteps,
\npurify our hearts of all that narrows and shrinks them,
\nthat they may open wide to the fullness of your love.
\nThrough Christ our Lord.
\nOFFERTORY ANTIPHON
\nGR
\nThe souls of the just are in the hand of God,
\nand the torment of malice shall not touch them:
\nin the sight of the unwise they seemed to die,
\nbut they are in peace. Alleluia (Wis 3:1\u20132, 3).
\nPRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
\nLook graciously, Lord, upon the holy gifts we present
\non this feast of all Benedictine saints,
\nand grant that, according to their example
\nwe may persevere in seeking you,
\nand find in your service the gifts of unity and of peace.
\nThrough Christ our Lord.
\nPREFACE
\nTruly it is right and just, our duty and our salvation,
\nalways and everywhere to give you thanks,
\nLord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God,
\nthrough Christ our Lord.
\nYou raised up the holy abbot Benedict,
\nas a teacher of the steps of humility
\nby which a countless number of his sons and daughters
\nhave reached the love which drives out all fear.
\nPreferring nothing to the love of Christ,
\nthey recognized Christ in the sick and in the stranger,
\nin the poor and in the pilgrim.
\nPraising you seven times by day, and even in the night,
\nthey placed all their hope in you,
\nand taught us never to despair of your mercy.
\nEven today, their lives distill a holy wisdom,
\ninflame us with longing for life everlasting,
\nand inspire us to sing your praise
\nin the joy of the Holy Spirit.
\nTherefore, in the sight of the angels,
\nwith heart and mind in harmony with our voices,
\nwe exalt your glory forever,
\nas we ceaselessly proclaim:
\nCOMMUNION ANTIPHON
\nWith such a cloud of witnesses around us,
\nlet us steadfastly run the race that lies before us,
\nour eyes fixed on Jesus
\nwho inspires and perfects our faith (Heb 12:1\u20132).
\nPRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
\nMerciful God,
\nwho gave such grace to all Benedictine saints,
\nthat they served you with singleness of heart,
\npreferring nothing whatsoever to the love of Christ;
\nhelp us, whom you have refreshed by these holy mysteries,
\nto forsake all that holds us back from following Christ
\nand to grow, in his likeness, from glory to glory.
\nThrough the same Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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