Happy feast of St. Benedict!

[Maria1993]

Happy feast St. Benedict!

This great saint has interceded for me many times and I am very grateful. I have been wearing the St. Benedict medal for about 3 years now. I have experienced God and St. Benedict’s intercession through this medal.

What is a good thing to do as a “thank you” to St. Benedict on this day? Any recommendations? I have read some of his rule and feel like I would give him a headache with how I am

Thank You!!

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[ServusHumilis]

Dang… I forgot to have my St. Benedict Medal blessed yesterday.

 

[OraLabora]

On the current Benedictine calendar, March 21st the feast of St. Benedict’s passing and July 11 the solemnity of his birth.

 

[Catholic1954]

Maybe you could check out joining the Oblates; they are a Benedictine third order and focus on living The Rule in secular life.

 

[OraLabora]

Maybe you could check out joining the Oblates; they are a Benedictine third order and focus on living The Rule in secular life.

They’re not really a third order. Benedictine oblates, unlike third orders, are attached to a specific monastery and not to the order itself.

I’ve been an oblate for 11 years; this was made very clear to us during the formation program. However there are similarities to third orders, as a commitment (the oblate promise) is made.

 

[Joannm]

We renewed our oblation at our monastery last night and had a feast with the sisters.

 

[TimothyH]

The Roman calendar celebrates an obligatory memorial for St. Benedict’s on July 11.

St. Benedict is listed in the Martyrology for March 21. A memorial for anyone listed in the Martyrology can be celebrated in the Roman Church if it is a weekday which allows the celebration of an optional memorial for a saint.

-Tim-