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The famous life and great miracles of St. Benedict, for youth. The story of poisoned wine, saving a body from drowning, raising one from the dead, plus, how he founded the Benedictine Order, his sister, St. Scholastica, etc. Impr. 158 pgs 19 Illus,

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Publié par	TAN Books
Date de parution	31 décembre 1942
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781618904614
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	4 Mo

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BOOKS BY MARY FABYAN WINDEATT
A Series of Twenty Books Stories of the Saints for Young People ages 10 to 100
THE CHILDREN OF FATIMA
And Our Lady’s Message to the World
THE CURÉ OF ARS
The Story of St. John Vianney, Patron Saint of Parish Priests
THE LITTLE FLOWER
The Story of St. Therese of the Child Jesus
PATRON SAINT OF FIRST COMMUNICANTS
The Story of Blessed Imelda Lambertini
THE MIRACULOUS MEDAL
The Story of Our Lady’s Appearances to St. Catherine Labouré
ST. LOUIS DE MONTFORT
The Story of Our Lady’s Slave, St. Louis Mary Grignion De Montfort
SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS
The Story of “The Dumb Ox”
SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA
The Story of the Girl Who Saw Saints in the Sky
SAINT HYACINTH OF POLAND
The Story of the Apostle of the North
SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES
The Story of the Little Doctor of Lima, Peru
SAINT ROSE OF LIMA
The Story of the First Canonized Saint of the Americas
PAULINE JARICOT
Foundress of the Living Rosary & The Society for the Propagation of the Faith
SAINT DOMINIC
Preacher of the Rosary and Founder of the Dominican Order
SAINT PAUL THE APOSTLE
The Story of the Apostle to the Gentiles
SAINT BENEDICT
The Story of the Father of the Western Monks
KING DAVID AND HIS SONGS
A Story of the Psalms
SAINT MARGARET MARY
And the Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
SAINT JOHN MASIAS
Marvelous Dominican Gatekeeper of Lima, Peru
SAINT FRANCIS SOLANO
Wonder-Worker of the New World and Apostle of Argentina and Peru
BLESSED MARIE OF NEW FRANCE
The Story of the First Missionary Sisters in Canada

Nihil Obstat: Arthur J. Scanlan, S.T.D. Censor Librorum
Imprimatur: Francis J. Spellman, D.D. Archbishop of New York New York August 5, 1943
Copyright 1943 by Sheed & Ward, Inc., New York. Copyright renewed in 1970 by Mary Fabyan Windeatt. First published in 1943, by Sheed & Ward, under the title Hero of the Hills: The Story of Saint Benedict.
The type in this book is the property of TAN Books, an Imprint of Saint Benedict Press, LLC, and may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, without written permission from the Publisher.
ISBN: 978-0-89555-427-7
Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 93-61378
Printed and bound in the United States of America.
TAN Books Charlotte, North Carolina 2012
For Reverend Benedict Brown, O.S.B., Pastor of St. Mary’s Church, Huntingburg, Indiana.
CONTENTS
1. The Boy Who Ran Away
2. A Broken Sieve
3. The Hermit
4. A New Work
5. Youth Comes to Subiaco
6. A Late Night Walk
7. Wonders by the Water
8. The Enemy Strikes
9. Man of the Mountain
10. Tricks of the Devil
11. The Way of Peace
12. Brother Peter and the Lamp
13. Distant Harvest
14. Brother Michael and the Cooking Oil
15. Father of the Poor
16. Brother Joseph and the Handkerchiefs
17. King Totila Tries to Fool the Abbot
18. Benedict Tells a Story
19. The Passing Years
20. A Vision of the Future
21. The End of the Road
22. Benedict’s Last Holy Communion
Confession-Its Fruitful Practice
1. The Blessings of Confession
2. The Five Things Necessary for a Good Confession
Examination of Conscience
False Consciences and Their Remedies — The Lax Conscience — The Scrupulous Conscience — The Doubtful Conscience — How to Make a Good Examination of Conscience.
Contrition
The Qualities of Contrition — Interior Contrition — Supernatural Contrition — Perfect and Imperfect Contrition — Universal Contrition — Sovereign Contrition — Relapses into Former Sins.
Purpose of Amendment
Occasions of Sin — Purpose of Amendment Must Be Specific.
Confession and Absolution
The Confession of Sins — Qualities of a Good Confession — Confession of Venial Sins — Sacrilegious Confessions — General Confession — Frequent Confession — The Absolution of the Priest.
Satisfaction
The Sacramental Penance — Voluntary Penances — Indulgences.
3. How to Make a Good Confession
The Examination of Conscience
Beginning Prayer — Points for the Examination of Conscience — The Ten Commandments of God — The Six Precepts of the Church — The Seven Capital Sins — Duties of Particular States of Life — Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy.
Considerations to Excite Contrition
The Enormity of Sin — God’s Benefits to Me — The Love of Jesus Christ.
Prayers Before Confession
Act of Contrition and Purpose of Amendment — Prayer before a Crucifix — Prayer of St. Gertrude — A Short and Efficacious Act of Contrition.
An Easy Method of Going to Confession
Prayers After Confession
Psalm 102 — Prayer of Thanksgiving — Prayer before Performing the Sacramental Penance.
LITANY OF SAINT BENEDICT
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The author wishes to thank the Reverend Paschal Boland, O.S.B., of St. Meinrad’s Abbey, St. Meinrad, Indiana, and Sister M. Therese, O.S.B., of the Academy of the Immaculate Conception, Ferdinand, Indiana, for their valuable aid in preparing this story of Saint Benedict.
ST. MAURUS ST. BENEDICT ST. PLACID
Chapter 1
THE BOY WHO RAN AWAY
C YRILLA was worried. Young Master Benedict, whose parents had sent him to study in the schools of Rome, was losing interest in his work. Only last night he had said that he didn’t want to be a leader in law or politics. He only wanted to be a hermit in a cave.
“The foolish boy!” thought Cyrilla, as she set about getting supper for Benedict and herself. “If he really wants to lead a holy life, why can’t he enter a monastery? There are plenty of them here in Rome.”
Cyrilla sat down before the open fireplace and scowled at a kettle of water that was almost ready to boil. She was a woman in her middle fifties, short and plump, with her dark hair already streaked with grey. For many years she had been with Benedict’s family. First it had been just as a simple maid. Later, when Benedict and his twin sister were born, she had been chosen to be their nurse.
“I was happy then,” she thought. “I liked living in that little town of Nursia. But here in Rome things are so different. So much noise and dirt!”
There was a sudden sound of footsteps outside. The door opened and Cyrilla looked up. Young Master Benedict stood on the threshold. Eagerly, she scanned his face.
“Well?” she asked hopefully, but her heart sank even as she spoke. There was the same light in the boy’s dark eyes. It was easy to see that he had not given up the idea of being a hermit.
“I told the schoolmaster I wouldn’t be coming back any more. Please don’t be cross, Cyrilla. There wasn’t anything else I could do.”
The woman got to her feet. “But Master Benedict! Your father’s going to be so angry if you don’t finish your education! After all, he’s made so many fine plans. Why can’t you wait until you’re older before taking any such step as this?”
Benedict smiled. “I’m seventeen,” he said gently. “Boys that age are old enough to go to war. Even to marry. But I … I just want to serve God. Surely you can understand that?”
The woman shook her head wearily. “I’ll be blamed for all this,” she murmured. “Just wait and see. Your father sent me here to Rome to be your housekeeper. What will he say when he hears I’ve let you run away from school? Ah, Master Benedict, you’re going to break my heart!”
There was no doubt about the way Cyrilla felt. Benedict looked at her uneasily. He didn’t want to hurt anyone, much less this kindly woman who had been his nurse since childhood. Yet what could he do? Rome, the great city where so many people spent their days trying to be rich and powerful, was not to his liking. He himself longed for the quiet of the countryside, for some small cave where he could spend his days in prayer.
“Don’t worry,” he said kindly. “I’ve heard that a hermit’s life is really very healthy. Lots of fresh air, sunshine, simple food …”
“And cold winds, rain and snow! Master Benedict, you know you’re not used to such things. Why, you’d die of the hardship within a month!”
“Not unless it was the Will of God, Cyrilla. Remember how He looks after everyone on this earth, even the birds and the flowers in the fields?”
Cyrilla sniffed. “If you’re going off to be a hermit, it won’t be by yourself,” she declared. “I’ll go with you and see that you don’t starve to death.”
The boy laughed. “But a hermit has to live alone, Cyrrilla, even if it is hard! That’s the whole point to the life. A hermit cuts himself off from the world, from friends and all the usual comforts, so he can belong more wholly to God.”
The kettle was boiling furiously now. Cyrilla went over and removed it from the fire. “You’re going to be a different kind of hermit,” she said firmly. “You’re going to have someone to cook your meals and mend your clothes.”
It was a few days later that Benedict and Cyrilla left Rome and headed eastward into the hill country. They had no real destination, save that the boy still had his mind set on living in a cave. When they had gone far enough, he said, they would surely come across some such place.
“I still think it’s a foolish idea, going off like this into the wilderness,” muttered Cyrilla. “How do you know there aren’t wild beasts in these woods? Or even thieves and murderers?”

“THEY HAD NO REAL DESTINATION, SAVE THAT THE BOY STILL HAD HIS MIND SET ON LIVING IN A CAVE.”
Benedict smiled and shaded his eyes against the burning sun. “If there are, God will protect us from them,” he said simply. “All we have to do is trust in Him.”
Of course trust in God was built on faith in Him. Faith! The boy liked the sound of that word. It was something that all the saints possessed in abundance. It enabled one to “see” beyond this world to the things of God. Once he was a hermit, he would try to increase his faith. He would try very hard to pray well, to find God in his own soul, to honor and love Him for all His goodness.
“It’s going to be a wonderful life!” he thought. “I won’t have to worry about being a success in the world, only about getting to Heaven and praying that all my friends and relatives get there, too.”
But as the hours passed, Benedict became a bit worried.