"Abnegare semetipsum sibi ut sequatur Christum."
--Rule of St. Benedict 4:10
Benedict, who can express in words your contribution to humanity? You have left us with a guide to the cross and resurrection, a school of the spirit, a continuing golden age. Those who faithfully follow your rule have chosen the better part. Art, architecture, science, philosophy, music, and so much more flourished as a side result of your simple ora et labora. Perhaps the West would have by now torn itself to pieces were it not for the flame that your children have kept alive.
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