SAINT BENEDICT
Abbot and Confessor, c.480-547
Founder of Western monasticism
Sources of information - Apart from a short poem attributed
to Mark of Monte Cassino, the only ancient account of
Benedict is found in the second volume of Pope Gregory I's
four-book Dialogues, thought to have been written in 593
the best sources: - a handful of Benedict's disciples.
-Constantinus, who succeeded Benedict as Abbot of Monte Cassino,
- Honoratus, who was abbot of Subiaco when St. Gregory wrote
his Dialogues, - Valentinianus, and Simplicius
He was
the son of a
Roman noble
of Nursia, the
modern
Norcia, in
Umbria
in 480
At about 20 years of
age, in the midst of his
literary studies, he
began to understand
the real meaning of the
dissolute and licentious
lives of his companions,
and he had been deeply
affected by the love of a
woman. He compared
all this with the life
taught in the Gospels,
and chose the latter
the disorder and vices of the capital drove him into solitude
while still a youth. It was a time of public peril and social ruin.
The Roman empire
was crumbling to
pieces, shaken by
the successive
inroads of
barbarians, and
a prey to every
species of violence
and corruption
- he abandoned the
schools and left
around A.D. 500.
he took his old nurse
with him as a servant
and they settled down
to live in Enfide (Affile),
near a church
dedicated to St. Peter,
in some kind of
association with "a
company of virtuous
men" who were in
sympathy with his
feelings and his
views of life
At Enfide Benedict worked his first miracle by restoring to
perfect condition an earthenware wheat-sifter (capisterium)
which his old servant had accidentally broken
The notoriety which this miracle brought upon Benedict drove
him to escape still farther from social life, and "he fled secretly
from his nurse and sought the more retired district of Subiaco".
he now determined to be poor and to live by his own
work. "For God's sake he deliberately chose the
hardships of life and the weariness of labour
He settled in a
cave with a large
triangular-shaped
opening, about
ten feet deep.
On his way from
Enfide, Benedict met
a monk, Romanus,
whose monastery was
on the mountain above
the cliff overhanging
the cave.
Romanus had discussed with Benedict the
purpose which had brought him to Subiaco,
and had given him the monk's habit.
Romanus advised Benedict to become a hermit, and for three
years, unknown to men, he lived in a cave above the lake
He suffered temptations. - The Evil One took the shape of a beautiful woman, with
whose image the youthful recluse had been familiar in Rome, and so worked upon his
senses that he was on the point of abandoning his solitude in search of the beauty which
haunted him. Summoning all his fortitude he stripped himself of the vestment of skins,
which was his only covering, rushed naked amongst the thorns and briars which grew
around his retreat, and rolled himself amongst them till he had extinguished the
impure flame which devoured him. No impulses of sensual passion ever revisited him
on the death of the abbot of a monastery in Vicovaro,
the community came to him and begged him
to become their abbot
He warned them of the
severity of the rule he would
exercise, but they insisted.
He had hardly commenced
his office, however, when
they broke out into fierce
resentment against him, and
attempted to poison him. -
The cup containing the
poison was no sooner taken
into the hands of Benedict
than it burst asunder; and,
calmly reproving them for
their ingratitude, he left
them and withdrew once
more into his solitude
From this time his miracles seem to have become
frequent, and many people, attracted by his sanctity
and character, came to Subiaco to be under his guidance
For them he built in the valley twelve monasteries, in each of which he
placed a superior with twelve monks. In a thirteenth he lived with "a few,
such as he thought would more profit and be better instructed by his
own presence". He remained, however, the father or abbot of all.
With the establishment of these monasteries
began the schools for children; and amongst
the first to be brought were Maurus and Placid
Young patricians from Rome and elsewhere were attracted to these
fraternities; and amongst them one of the name of Maurus (St Maur) who
began to share in popular esteem something of the sanctity and miraculous
endowments of Benedict, and who was destined to be his successor
Saint Benedict
knew Placido
had fallen
into the lake.
He sent Mauro,
who walked
upon the water.
Florentius, moved
by envy, tried to
poison him with
poisoned bread.
When he prayed
a blessing over the
bread. A raven
swept in and took
the loaf away.
From this time his
miracles seem to
have become
frequent
The life at Subiaco and the character of St. Benedict attracted many
to the new monasteries, and with their increasing numbers and
growing influence came the inevitable jealousy and persecution,
This culminated with a vile attempt of a neighboring priest to
scandalize the monks by an exhibition of naked women, dancing in the
courtyard of the saint's monastery. To save his followers from further
persecution Benedict left Subiaco and went to Monte Cassino
Upon the crest of Monte
Cassino "there was an
ancient chapel in which the
foolish and simple country
people, according to the
custom of the old Gentiles,
worshipped the god Apollo.
Round about it likewise upon
all sides there were woods
for the service of devils, in
which, even to that very
time, the mad multitude
of infidels did offer most
wicked sacrifice.
The man of God, coming
hither, beat in pieces the
idol, overthrew the altar,
set fire on the woods and in
the temple of Apollo built
the oratory of St. Martin:
and where the altar of the
same Apollo was, he made
an oratory of St. John: and
by his continual preaching
he brought the people
dwelling in those parts to
embrace the faith of Christ”
instead of building several houses with a
small community in each, he kept all his
monks in one monastery and provided for its
government by appointing a prior and deans
Cassino was on one of the great highways to the south of Italy, and at no great
distance from Capua. This brought the monastery into more frequent communication
with the outside world. It soon became a centre of influence in a district in which
there was a large population, with several dioceses and other monasteries.
Abbots came to see and advise with Benedict. Men of all classes were frequent
visitors, and he numbered nobles and bishops among his intimate friends.
There were nuns in the neighbourhood whom
the monks went to preach to and to teach.
There was a village nearby in which St. Benedict preached and made
many converts. The monastery became the protector of the poor,
their trustee, their refuge in sickness, in trial, in accidents, in want.
the saint prophecied to King Totila, of the Goths, - he rebuked him for his wicked
deeds, and in a few words told him all that should befall him, saying 'Much
wickedness do you daily commit, and many sins have you done: now at length give
over your sinful life. Into the city of Rome shall you enter, and over the sea shall you
pass: nine years shall you reign, and in the tenth shall you leave this mortal life.'
St. Benedict had a
wonderful vision in
which he came as
near to seeing God
as is possible for
man in this life.
St. Gregory and
St. Bonaventure
say that Benedict
saw God and in
that vision of God
saw the whole
world
he saw
the soul of
Germanus,
Bishop of
Capua, in a
fiery globe
carried up
by the angels
to Heaven”
his sister Scolastica, who too had forsaken the
world and given herself to a religious life with
an enthusiasm and genius like his own.
the rules of the order
permitted the brother and
sister to meet only once
a year. He had come to
pay his accustomed visit.
They had spent the day
in devout converse, and,
in the fullness of her
affection, Scolastica
entreated him to remain,
and "speak of the joys of
heaven till the morning."
Benedict was not to be
prevailed upon, when his
sister burst into a flood
of tears, and bowed
her head in prayer.
Immediately the heavens
became overcast; thunder
was heard, and the rain
fell in torrents, so that
it was impossible for
Benedict to depart for
the night, which was
spent in spiritual exercises.
Benedict beheld
the soul of his
sister, which was
departed from
her body, in the
likeness of a
dove, to ascend
into heaven
Benedict fell ill and he
commanded his monks to
carry him into the oratory,
where he did arm himself
receiving the Body and
Blood of our Saviour Christ;
and having his weak body
holden up betwixt the
hands of his disciples, he
stood with his own hands
lifted up to heaven;
and as he was in
that manner praying,
he gave up the ghost"
He was buried in the same grave with his sister "in the oratory
of St. John the Baptist, which [he] himself had built when he
overthrew the altar of Apollo" (ibid.). There is some doubt
whether the relics of the saint are still at Monte Cassino, or
whether they were moved in the seventh century to Fleury
Benedicts spiritual and cultural legacy
Saint Benedict, Abbot and Confessor 480-547.pptx
Saint Benedict, Abbot and Confessor 480-547.pptx
Heavily influenced
by the writings of
John Cassian
(c. 360 – c. 435),
it shows strong
affinity with the
earlier Rule of the
Master, but it also
has a unique spirit of
balance, moderation
and reasonableness
Saint Benedict, Abbot and Confessor 480-547.pptx
"with his life and work St Benedict exercised a fundamental
influence on the development of European civilization and culture"
and helped Europe to
emerge from the
"dark night of history"
that followed the fall
of the Roman empire”
Pope Benedict XV
not even the founder himself foresaw all the prospective advantages of
his law, which was destined not merely to make many a wilderness and
solitary place to rejoice with fertility, but to expand, moreover, into a noble
intellectual fruitfulness, which has been the glory of the Benedictine order
The Benedictine rule - The saint's purpose was not to institute an order of clerics
with clerical duties and offices, but an organization and a set of rules for the
domestic life of such laymen as wished to live as fully as possible the type of
life presented in the Gospel. Later, the Church imposed the clerical state upon
Benedictines, &with the state came a preponderance of clerical and sacerdotal duties
The importance of work – a means to goodness of life - to bring men "back to God
by the labour of obedience, from whom they had departed by the idleness of disobedience”
- God's elect should at the beginning, when life and temptations are strong in
them, "be wearied with labour and pains
-Work is the universal lot of man, necessary for his well-being as a man,
and essential for him as a Christian
- The Rule, therefore, is entirely occupied with regulating the life of a community
of men who live and work and pray and eat together, and this is not merely
for a course of training, but as a permanent element of life at its best
the superiors - Should always be present and in constant touch with every
member in his government, which is best described as patriarchal, or paternal
Poverty - it was no part of St. Benedict's conception of monastic life that his monks, as a body,
should strip themselves of all wealth and live upon the alms of the charitable (Franciscans);
rather his purpose was to restrict the requirements of the individual to what
was necessary and simple, and to secure that the use and administration of the
corporate possessions should be in strict accord with the teaching of the Gospel
Management of material and spiritual goods - the individual monk was poor, the monastery
was to be in a position to give alms, not to be compelled to seek them. It was to relieve the
poor, to clothe the naked, to visit the sick, to bury the dead, to help the afflicted, to
entertain all strangers. The poor came to Benedict to get help to pay their debts
Obedience - The Benedictine takes no explicit vow of poverty; he only vows
obedience according to the Rule. The rule allows all that is necessary to each
individual, together with sufficient and varied clothing, abundant food
(excluding only the flesh of quadrupeds), wine and ample sleep
Saint Benedict, Abbot and Confessor 480-547.pptx
Vow of stability - the community have bound themselves, by their
promise of stability, to spend their lives together under the Rule
Community - there is absolute communism in possessions,
by the rigorous suppression of all differences of worldly rank
PRAYER - that the whole Psalter will be said in the course of a week.
Prayer is coexistent with the whole
life, and life is not complete at any
point unless penetrated by prayer
PUBLIC PRAYER - This is short and is to be said at intervals,
at night and at seven distinct hours during the day
"If anyone
wishes to
pray in
private,
let him go
quietly into
the oratory
and pray,
Pray not
with a loud
voice, but
with tears
and fervour
of heart".
"Our prayer ought to be short and with
purity of heart, except it be perchance
prolonged by the inspiration of divine grace"
Saint Benedict, Abbot and Confessor 480-547.pptx
Wisdom - the saint had learnt that the regeneration of the individual, is not reached
by the path of solitude, nor by that of austerity, but by the beaten path of man's
social instinct, with its necessary conditions of obedience and work; and that neither
the body nor the mind can be safely overstrained in the effort to avoid evil
He was named patron protector of Europe by Pope Paul VI in 1964. In 1980,
Pope John Paul II declared him co-patron of Europe, together with Cyril
and Methodius. Furthermore, he is the patron saint of speleologists
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COMMEMORATIONS OF ST BENEDICT
The Eastern Orthodox Church 14 March.
The Lutheran Churches July 11.
The Anglican Communion generally
commemorate him on July 11
ST BENEDICT’E MEDAL - Around the medal's outer margin are the words "Eius in obitu nostro
praesentia muniamur" ("May we be strengthened by his presence in the hour of our death"). The other
side of the medal has a cross with the initials CSSML on the vertical bar which signify "Crux Sacra Sit Mihi
Lux" ("May the Holy Cross be my light") and on the horizontal bar are the initials NDSMD which stand for
"Non-Draco Sit Mihi Dux" ("Let not the dragon be my guide"). The initials CSPB stand for "Crux Sancti
Patris Benedicti" ("The +of the Holy Father Benedict") and are located on the interior angles of the cross
Either the inscription "PAX" (Peace) or the Christogram "IHS" may be found at the top
of the cross in most cases. Around the medal's margin on this side are the Vade Retro
Satana initials VRSNSMV which stand for "Vade Retro Satana, Nonquam Suade Mihi
Vana" ("Begone Satan, do not suggest to me thy vanities") then a space followed
by the initials SMQLIVB which signify "Sunt Mala Quae Libas, Ipse Venena Bibas"
("Evil are the things thou profferest, drink thou thine own poison"
In 1647, during a witchcraft trial at Natternberg near Metten Abbey in Bavaria, the
accused women testified they had no power over Metten, which was under the
protection of the cross. An investigation found a number of painted crosses on the walls
of the abbey with the letters now found on St Benedict medals, but their meaning had
been forgotten. A manuscript written in 1415 was eventually found that had a picture
of Benedict holding a scroll in one hand and a staff which ended in a cross in the other.
On the scroll and staff were written the full words of the initials contained on the crosses
Benedict contributed more than anyone else to the rise of monasticism
in the West. His Rule was the foundational document for thousands
of religious communities in the Middle Ages. To this day, The Rule
of St. Benedict is the most common and influential Rule used by
monasteries and monks, more than 1,400 years after its writing
ADVICE FOR SUPERIORS - even in his corrections, let him act with
prudence, and not go too far, lest while he seeketh too eagerly to scrape
off the rust, the vessel be broken. Let him keep his own frailty ever before
his eyes, and remember that the bruised reed must not be broken
let him study
rather to be loved
than feared. Let
him not be violent
nor over anxious,
not exacting nor
obstinate, not
jealous nor prone
to suspicion,
let him be prudent and considerate.
In the works which he imposes let him be discreet and moderate
Saint Benedict, pray for us.
LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
CHRIST
Resurrection – according to the gospels
Christ the King
Christ lives
Body of Christ - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4
Christ and his Kingdom
Sacred Heart 1 + 2 – bible and doctrine –
Haurietis aquas – the cult of the Sacred Heart
Vocation to beatitude
Vocation to evangelize with Christ
CHURCH
Divine Revelation
Priestly Ministry
Human Community
Church, Mother and Teacher
Signs of hope
youth synod
CULTURE and HISTORY
Columbus and the discovery of America
Confraternities and processions– Hispanic
Diwali – Festival of lights – Hindi feast
Football in Spain
President Trump
Russian Revolution and Communism 1, 2, 3
Sevilla's fair
Virgen del Pilar and Hispanicity
FAMILY, CHILDREN
Grandparents
Love and Marriage 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Dignity of women – John Paul II
God of Love (sex)
World Meeting of Families Rome 2022 – festival of families
Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4
GOD
Angels
Come Holy Spirit
God is Love 1,2– Benedict XVI
Man, image of God
Trinity
LITURGICAL YEAR
Advent and Christmas, 1 + 2
All departed souls
All Saints – Halloween for Christians
Carnival and Lent
Christmas – the birth of our Lord
Holy Week for adults
Holy Week for children 8+ years
Holy Week - drawings for children
Holy Week – Views of the last hours of JC – the passion
Sunday – Lord's Day – JP2
Thanksgiving
POPE FRANCIS – TRAVEL
Pope Francis in Africa
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in Bahrain 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Brazil WYD 2013
Pope Francis in Bulgaria and Macedonia
Pope Francis in Canada 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Central African Republic
Pope Francis in Chile 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Cyprus
Pope Francis in Colombia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Congo 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Cuba 2015
Pope Francis in Egype
Pope Francis in Slovakia 1 + 2
Pope Francis in Europe – parliament
Pope Francis in Fatima
Pope Francis in Greece
Pope Francis in Holy Land,
- Israel, Palestine Jordan
Pope Francis in Hungary 2021 + 2023
Pope Francis in Iraq 1,2,3
Pope Francis in Ireland
– world meeting of families
Pope Francis in Kenya
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Kazakhstan 1+ 2
Pope Francis in Malta
Pope Francis in Mexico
Pope Francis in Mexico 2016
Pope Francis in Mongolia
Pope Francis in Morocco
Pope Francis in Panama – WYD 2019
Pope Francis in Peru
Pope Francis in Poland - Auschwitz
Pope Francis in Poland WYD 2016
Pope Francis in Portugal 2021 + WYD 2023
Pope Francis in Romania
Pope Francis in Sudan
Pope francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in Thailand
Pope Francis in Uganda
Pope Francis in United Arab Emirates
MARIA
Fatima – History of the Apparitions of the Virgin
Mary and the Bible
Mary Doctrine and Dogmas
Medjugore pilgrimage
Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico – apparitions
Virgen de Pilar – Hispanic festival
Our Lady of Sheshan, China
SCIENCE
Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish
Juno explores Jupiter
Parker Solar Test
MORAL AND ETHICAL
Christian holidays - JP2
Conscience, human community,
human freedom and salvation
justification and grace, Life in Christ, merit and holiness
moral law, Morality of human acts, Passions, Sin, Sincerity
social justice, Social Life – participation, Virtue, vice
United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Human Dignity – declaration of dicastery for doctrine of faith
Vocation – www.vocation.org
Vocation to evangelize
Vocation to beatitude
Pope John XXIII – Peace on Earth
Pope Paul VI
Pope Juan Pablo II –
Redeemer of man,
Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2
Pope Benedict XVII - in Germany WYD 2005
POPE FRANCIS – DOCUMENTS
love and marriage - Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4 –
5.6
Christ lives - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5
Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5
FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8
LAUDATE Sii
1 – care of the common home
2 – gospel of creation
3 – The root of the ecological crisis
4 – integral ecology
5 – lines of action
6 – Ecological Education and Spirituality
LAUDATE DEUM
LUMEN FIDEI – chapter 1,2, - 3,4
Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Face of Mercy
Dear Amazonia 1,2,3,4
SAINTS and MARTYRS
Martyrs of Albania
Martyrs of Algeria
Martyrs of England and Wales
Martyrs of Holland
Martyrs of Korea
Martyrs of Libya
Martyrs of Japan
Martyrs of Rumania
Martyrs of Turkey
Martyrs of Uganda
Martyrs of Vietnam
Martyrs of North American
Saint Albert the Great
Saint Alphonsus Maria Liguori
Saint Ambrose of Milan
Saint Alcuin of York
Saint Andrew, Apostle
Saint Anthony of Padua
Saint Anthony of the desert (Egypt)
Saint Benedict, abbot and confessor
Saint Bruno, founder of the Carthusians
Saint Buenaventure, bishop, doctor ch
Saint Charles Borromeo
Saint Clement of Rome, Pope and Martyr
Saint Ciyil y Methodius
Saint Columbanus 1,2
Saint Damian of Molokai
Saint David I, King of Scotland
Saint Donnán, irish mok and missionary to Scotland
Saint Daniel Comboni
Saint Dominic de Guzman, Dominican founder
Saint George and the legend of the dragon
Saint Dominic Savio
Saint Stephen, proto-martyr
Saint Philip Neri, founer, priest
Saint Fidelis of Simaringen, martyr
Saint Francis of Assisi 1,2,3,4
Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis Xavier
Saint George and the legend of the dragon
Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Saint Joaquin and Saint Ana
Saint Joseph, worker, husband, father
Saint John Bosco, founder of the Salesians
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint John of Damascus
Saint John of God, founder
Saint John of the Cross
Saint John Ma Vianney, Curé de'Ars
Saint John Henry Newman, Cardinal
Saint John N. Neumann, of Philadelphia
Saint John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla
Saint John Ogilvie, Scottish Jesuir Martyr
Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Justin, martyr
Saint Leo the Great
Saint Luke the Evangelist
Saint Mark the Evangelist
Saint Martin de Porres
Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Nazarius and Celsus
Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus)
Saint Paul, 1 + 2
Saint Padre Pio of Pietralcina
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Saint Perpetua and Felicity
Saint Peter Claver
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Saint James the Apostle
Saint Simon and Judah Thaddeus, apostles
Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops, martyrs
Saint Zacharias and Elizabeth,
- parents of John the Baptist
Saint Thomas Becket
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Valentine
Saint Vincent of Paul
Saint Zacharias and Saint Elizabeth
Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr
Saint Agnes of Rome, virgin and martyr
Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
Saint Brigid of Ireland
Saint Catherine of Alexandria,
- virgin and martyr
Saint Catherine of Siena
Saint Cecilia
Saint Dymphna
Saint Faustina and divine mercy
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Saint Gemma Galgani
Saint Joah of Arc
Saint Juliana Falconieri
Saint Lucia, virgin and martyr
Saint Margaret of Scotland
Saint Maria Goretti
Saint Mary Magdalene
Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Saint Monica, mother of Saint Augustine
Saint Perpetua and Felicity
Saint Rita of Cascia
Saint Rose Philipine Duchesne, virgin
Saint Teresa of Avila
Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Saint Therese of Lisieux 1 + 2
Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
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LISTA de PRESENTACIONES en ESPAÑOL
CRISTO
Resurrección – según los evangelios
Cristo Rey
Cristo vive
Cuerpo de Crito - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4
Cristo y su Reino
Sagrado Corazón 1 + 2 – biblia y doctrina–
Haurietis aquas – el culto del Sagrado Corazón
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Vocación a evangelizar con Cristo
IGLESIA
Revelacíon Divina
Ministerio sacerdotal
Comunidad humana
Iglesia, madre y maestra
Signos de esperanza
Sinodo jovenes
CULTURA Y HISTORIA
Colón y el descubriento de America
Confraternitdades y processiones– Hispanic
Diwali – Festival de luz – Fiesta Hindi
Futbol en España
Presidente Trump
Revolución y el Comunismo 1, 2, 3
Feria de Sevilla
Virgen del Pilar y Hispanicidad
FAMILIA, HIJOS, NIÑOS
Abuelos
Amor y Matrimonio 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Dignidad de la mujer – John Paul II
Dios de Amor (sexo)
Encuentro Mundial de Familias - Roma 2022 – festival de ls familias
Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4
DIOS
Angeles
Ven Espiritu Santo
Dios es Amor 1,2– Benedicto XVI
El hombre, imagen de Dios
Trinidad
AÑO LITURGICO
Adviento y Navidad 1 + 2
Todos las Almas
Todos los Santos– Halloween para Cristianos
Carnival y Cuaresma
Navidad– el nacimiento del Señor
Semana Santa para adullos
Semana Santa para niños 8+ años
Semana Santa – dibujos para niños
Semana Santa– Vistas de las ultimas oras de JC – La Pasión
Domingo– Dia del Señor – JP2
Accion de Gracias - Thanksgiving
MARIA
Fátima – Historia de las Aparitciones de la Virgen
Maria y la Biblia
Maria Doctrina y Dogmas
Medjugore peregrinación
Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico – aparitciónes
Virgen del Pilar –festival hispanica
Nuestra Señora de Sheshan, China
SCIENCE
Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish
Juno explora Jupiter
Parker Sonda Solar
MORAL Y ETICA
Vacaciones Cristianos - JP2
Conciencia, Comunidad Humana, Libertad Humana y
Salvacion
Justificación y gracia, Vida en Cristo, Merito y Santidad, Ley
moral
Moraliidad de actos humanos, Pasiones, Pecado ,
Sinceridad
Justicia social ,Vida Social– participacion,Virtud
Las Naciones Unidas y la declaración universal de los
derechos humanos.
Dignidad Humana – declaracion del dicasterio por la
doctrina de la fe
Vocación– www.vocation.org
Vocación a evangelizar
Vocación a la bienaventuranza
Papa John XXIII – Paz en la tTerra
Papa Paul VI
Papa Juan Pablo II –
Redentor del hombre,
Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2
Papa Benedicto XVII – en Alemania JMJ 2005
PAPA FRANCISCO – DOCUMENTOS
Amor y matrimonio- Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4
– 5.6
Cristo vive - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9
Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5
Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5
FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8 (somos todos hermanos)
LAUDATE Sii
1 – cuidado de la casa común
2 – evangelio de la creación
3 – la raiz de la crisis ecologica
4 – ecologia integral
5 – lineas de acción
6 –Educación y Espiritualidad Ecological
LAUDATUM DEUM
LUMEN FIDEI – capitulo 1,2, - 3,4
Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Rostro del Perdón
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Saint Benedict, Abbot and Confessor 480-547.pptx

  • 1. SAINT BENEDICT Abbot and Confessor, c.480-547 Founder of Western monasticism
  • 2. Sources of information - Apart from a short poem attributed to Mark of Monte Cassino, the only ancient account of Benedict is found in the second volume of Pope Gregory I's four-book Dialogues, thought to have been written in 593
  • 3. the best sources: - a handful of Benedict's disciples. -Constantinus, who succeeded Benedict as Abbot of Monte Cassino, - Honoratus, who was abbot of Subiaco when St. Gregory wrote his Dialogues, - Valentinianus, and Simplicius
  • 4. He was the son of a Roman noble of Nursia, the modern Norcia, in Umbria in 480
  • 5. At about 20 years of age, in the midst of his literary studies, he began to understand the real meaning of the dissolute and licentious lives of his companions, and he had been deeply affected by the love of a woman. He compared all this with the life taught in the Gospels, and chose the latter
  • 6. the disorder and vices of the capital drove him into solitude while still a youth. It was a time of public peril and social ruin.
  • 7. The Roman empire was crumbling to pieces, shaken by the successive inroads of barbarians, and a prey to every species of violence and corruption - he abandoned the schools and left around A.D. 500.
  • 8. he took his old nurse with him as a servant and they settled down to live in Enfide (Affile), near a church dedicated to St. Peter, in some kind of association with "a company of virtuous men" who were in sympathy with his feelings and his views of life
  • 9. At Enfide Benedict worked his first miracle by restoring to perfect condition an earthenware wheat-sifter (capisterium) which his old servant had accidentally broken
  • 10. The notoriety which this miracle brought upon Benedict drove him to escape still farther from social life, and "he fled secretly from his nurse and sought the more retired district of Subiaco".
  • 11. he now determined to be poor and to live by his own work. "For God's sake he deliberately chose the hardships of life and the weariness of labour
  • 12. He settled in a cave with a large triangular-shaped opening, about ten feet deep. On his way from Enfide, Benedict met a monk, Romanus, whose monastery was on the mountain above the cliff overhanging the cave.
  • 13. Romanus had discussed with Benedict the purpose which had brought him to Subiaco, and had given him the monk's habit.
  • 14. Romanus advised Benedict to become a hermit, and for three years, unknown to men, he lived in a cave above the lake
  • 15. He suffered temptations. - The Evil One took the shape of a beautiful woman, with whose image the youthful recluse had been familiar in Rome, and so worked upon his senses that he was on the point of abandoning his solitude in search of the beauty which haunted him. Summoning all his fortitude he stripped himself of the vestment of skins, which was his only covering, rushed naked amongst the thorns and briars which grew around his retreat, and rolled himself amongst them till he had extinguished the impure flame which devoured him. No impulses of sensual passion ever revisited him
  • 16. on the death of the abbot of a monastery in Vicovaro, the community came to him and begged him to become their abbot
  • 17. He warned them of the severity of the rule he would exercise, but they insisted. He had hardly commenced his office, however, when they broke out into fierce resentment against him, and attempted to poison him. - The cup containing the poison was no sooner taken into the hands of Benedict than it burst asunder; and, calmly reproving them for their ingratitude, he left them and withdrew once more into his solitude
  • 18. From this time his miracles seem to have become frequent, and many people, attracted by his sanctity and character, came to Subiaco to be under his guidance
  • 19. For them he built in the valley twelve monasteries, in each of which he placed a superior with twelve monks. In a thirteenth he lived with "a few, such as he thought would more profit and be better instructed by his own presence". He remained, however, the father or abbot of all.
  • 20. With the establishment of these monasteries began the schools for children; and amongst the first to be brought were Maurus and Placid
  • 21. Young patricians from Rome and elsewhere were attracted to these fraternities; and amongst them one of the name of Maurus (St Maur) who began to share in popular esteem something of the sanctity and miraculous endowments of Benedict, and who was destined to be his successor
  • 22. Saint Benedict knew Placido had fallen into the lake. He sent Mauro, who walked upon the water.
  • 23. Florentius, moved by envy, tried to poison him with poisoned bread. When he prayed a blessing over the bread. A raven swept in and took the loaf away. From this time his miracles seem to have become frequent
  • 24. The life at Subiaco and the character of St. Benedict attracted many to the new monasteries, and with their increasing numbers and growing influence came the inevitable jealousy and persecution,
  • 25. This culminated with a vile attempt of a neighboring priest to scandalize the monks by an exhibition of naked women, dancing in the courtyard of the saint's monastery. To save his followers from further persecution Benedict left Subiaco and went to Monte Cassino
  • 26. Upon the crest of Monte Cassino "there was an ancient chapel in which the foolish and simple country people, according to the custom of the old Gentiles, worshipped the god Apollo. Round about it likewise upon all sides there were woods for the service of devils, in which, even to that very time, the mad multitude of infidels did offer most wicked sacrifice.
  • 27. The man of God, coming hither, beat in pieces the idol, overthrew the altar, set fire on the woods and in the temple of Apollo built the oratory of St. Martin: and where the altar of the same Apollo was, he made an oratory of St. John: and by his continual preaching he brought the people dwelling in those parts to embrace the faith of Christ”
  • 28. instead of building several houses with a small community in each, he kept all his monks in one monastery and provided for its government by appointing a prior and deans
  • 29. Cassino was on one of the great highways to the south of Italy, and at no great distance from Capua. This brought the monastery into more frequent communication with the outside world. It soon became a centre of influence in a district in which there was a large population, with several dioceses and other monasteries. Abbots came to see and advise with Benedict. Men of all classes were frequent visitors, and he numbered nobles and bishops among his intimate friends.
  • 30. There were nuns in the neighbourhood whom the monks went to preach to and to teach.
  • 31. There was a village nearby in which St. Benedict preached and made many converts. The monastery became the protector of the poor, their trustee, their refuge in sickness, in trial, in accidents, in want.
  • 32. the saint prophecied to King Totila, of the Goths, - he rebuked him for his wicked deeds, and in a few words told him all that should befall him, saying 'Much wickedness do you daily commit, and many sins have you done: now at length give over your sinful life. Into the city of Rome shall you enter, and over the sea shall you pass: nine years shall you reign, and in the tenth shall you leave this mortal life.'
  • 33. St. Benedict had a wonderful vision in which he came as near to seeing God as is possible for man in this life. St. Gregory and St. Bonaventure say that Benedict saw God and in that vision of God saw the whole world
  • 34. he saw the soul of Germanus, Bishop of Capua, in a fiery globe carried up by the angels to Heaven”
  • 35. his sister Scolastica, who too had forsaken the world and given herself to a religious life with an enthusiasm and genius like his own.
  • 36. the rules of the order permitted the brother and sister to meet only once a year. He had come to pay his accustomed visit. They had spent the day in devout converse, and, in the fullness of her affection, Scolastica entreated him to remain, and "speak of the joys of heaven till the morning."
  • 37. Benedict was not to be prevailed upon, when his sister burst into a flood of tears, and bowed her head in prayer. Immediately the heavens became overcast; thunder was heard, and the rain fell in torrents, so that it was impossible for Benedict to depart for the night, which was spent in spiritual exercises.
  • 38. Benedict beheld the soul of his sister, which was departed from her body, in the likeness of a dove, to ascend into heaven
  • 39. Benedict fell ill and he commanded his monks to carry him into the oratory, where he did arm himself receiving the Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ; and having his weak body holden up betwixt the hands of his disciples, he stood with his own hands lifted up to heaven; and as he was in that manner praying, he gave up the ghost"
  • 40. He was buried in the same grave with his sister "in the oratory of St. John the Baptist, which [he] himself had built when he overthrew the altar of Apollo" (ibid.). There is some doubt whether the relics of the saint are still at Monte Cassino, or whether they were moved in the seventh century to Fleury
  • 41. Benedicts spiritual and cultural legacy
  • 44. Heavily influenced by the writings of John Cassian (c. 360 – c. 435), it shows strong affinity with the earlier Rule of the Master, but it also has a unique spirit of balance, moderation and reasonableness
  • 46. "with his life and work St Benedict exercised a fundamental influence on the development of European civilization and culture"
  • 47. and helped Europe to emerge from the "dark night of history" that followed the fall of the Roman empire” Pope Benedict XV
  • 48. not even the founder himself foresaw all the prospective advantages of his law, which was destined not merely to make many a wilderness and solitary place to rejoice with fertility, but to expand, moreover, into a noble intellectual fruitfulness, which has been the glory of the Benedictine order
  • 49. The Benedictine rule - The saint's purpose was not to institute an order of clerics with clerical duties and offices, but an organization and a set of rules for the domestic life of such laymen as wished to live as fully as possible the type of life presented in the Gospel. Later, the Church imposed the clerical state upon Benedictines, &with the state came a preponderance of clerical and sacerdotal duties
  • 50. The importance of work – a means to goodness of life - to bring men "back to God by the labour of obedience, from whom they had departed by the idleness of disobedience” - God's elect should at the beginning, when life and temptations are strong in them, "be wearied with labour and pains -Work is the universal lot of man, necessary for his well-being as a man, and essential for him as a Christian - The Rule, therefore, is entirely occupied with regulating the life of a community of men who live and work and pray and eat together, and this is not merely for a course of training, but as a permanent element of life at its best
  • 51. the superiors - Should always be present and in constant touch with every member in his government, which is best described as patriarchal, or paternal
  • 52. Poverty - it was no part of St. Benedict's conception of monastic life that his monks, as a body, should strip themselves of all wealth and live upon the alms of the charitable (Franciscans);
  • 53. rather his purpose was to restrict the requirements of the individual to what was necessary and simple, and to secure that the use and administration of the corporate possessions should be in strict accord with the teaching of the Gospel
  • 54. Management of material and spiritual goods - the individual monk was poor, the monastery was to be in a position to give alms, not to be compelled to seek them. It was to relieve the poor, to clothe the naked, to visit the sick, to bury the dead, to help the afflicted, to entertain all strangers. The poor came to Benedict to get help to pay their debts
  • 55. Obedience - The Benedictine takes no explicit vow of poverty; he only vows obedience according to the Rule. The rule allows all that is necessary to each individual, together with sufficient and varied clothing, abundant food (excluding only the flesh of quadrupeds), wine and ample sleep
  • 57. Vow of stability - the community have bound themselves, by their promise of stability, to spend their lives together under the Rule
  • 58. Community - there is absolute communism in possessions, by the rigorous suppression of all differences of worldly rank
  • 59. PRAYER - that the whole Psalter will be said in the course of a week.
  • 60. Prayer is coexistent with the whole life, and life is not complete at any point unless penetrated by prayer
  • 61. PUBLIC PRAYER - This is short and is to be said at intervals, at night and at seven distinct hours during the day
  • 62. "If anyone wishes to pray in private, let him go quietly into the oratory and pray,
  • 63. Pray not with a loud voice, but with tears and fervour of heart".
  • 64. "Our prayer ought to be short and with purity of heart, except it be perchance prolonged by the inspiration of divine grace"
  • 66. Wisdom - the saint had learnt that the regeneration of the individual, is not reached by the path of solitude, nor by that of austerity, but by the beaten path of man's social instinct, with its necessary conditions of obedience and work; and that neither the body nor the mind can be safely overstrained in the effort to avoid evil
  • 67. He was named patron protector of Europe by Pope Paul VI in 1964. In 1980, Pope John Paul II declared him co-patron of Europe, together with Cyril and Methodius. Furthermore, he is the patron saint of speleologists
  • 68. Romería Regional de San Benito Abad, Tenerife.
  • 69. COMMEMORATIONS OF ST BENEDICT The Eastern Orthodox Church 14 March. The Lutheran Churches July 11.
  • 70. The Anglican Communion generally commemorate him on July 11
  • 71. ST BENEDICT’E MEDAL - Around the medal's outer margin are the words "Eius in obitu nostro praesentia muniamur" ("May we be strengthened by his presence in the hour of our death"). The other side of the medal has a cross with the initials CSSML on the vertical bar which signify "Crux Sacra Sit Mihi Lux" ("May the Holy Cross be my light") and on the horizontal bar are the initials NDSMD which stand for "Non-Draco Sit Mihi Dux" ("Let not the dragon be my guide"). The initials CSPB stand for "Crux Sancti Patris Benedicti" ("The +of the Holy Father Benedict") and are located on the interior angles of the cross
  • 72. Either the inscription "PAX" (Peace) or the Christogram "IHS" may be found at the top of the cross in most cases. Around the medal's margin on this side are the Vade Retro Satana initials VRSNSMV which stand for "Vade Retro Satana, Nonquam Suade Mihi Vana" ("Begone Satan, do not suggest to me thy vanities") then a space followed by the initials SMQLIVB which signify "Sunt Mala Quae Libas, Ipse Venena Bibas" ("Evil are the things thou profferest, drink thou thine own poison"
  • 73. In 1647, during a witchcraft trial at Natternberg near Metten Abbey in Bavaria, the accused women testified they had no power over Metten, which was under the protection of the cross. An investigation found a number of painted crosses on the walls of the abbey with the letters now found on St Benedict medals, but their meaning had been forgotten. A manuscript written in 1415 was eventually found that had a picture of Benedict holding a scroll in one hand and a staff which ended in a cross in the other. On the scroll and staff were written the full words of the initials contained on the crosses
  • 74. Benedict contributed more than anyone else to the rise of monasticism in the West. His Rule was the foundational document for thousands of religious communities in the Middle Ages. To this day, The Rule of St. Benedict is the most common and influential Rule used by monasteries and monks, more than 1,400 years after its writing
  • 75. ADVICE FOR SUPERIORS - even in his corrections, let him act with prudence, and not go too far, lest while he seeketh too eagerly to scrape off the rust, the vessel be broken. Let him keep his own frailty ever before his eyes, and remember that the bruised reed must not be broken
  • 76. let him study rather to be loved than feared. Let him not be violent nor over anxious, not exacting nor obstinate, not jealous nor prone to suspicion,
  • 77. let him be prudent and considerate.
  • 78. In the works which he imposes let him be discreet and moderate
  • 80. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH CHRIST Resurrection – according to the gospels Christ the King Christ lives Body of Christ - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4 Christ and his Kingdom Sacred Heart 1 + 2 – bible and doctrine – Haurietis aquas – the cult of the Sacred Heart Vocation to beatitude Vocation to evangelize with Christ CHURCH Divine Revelation Priestly Ministry Human Community Church, Mother and Teacher Signs of hope youth synod CULTURE and HISTORY Columbus and the discovery of America Confraternities and processions– Hispanic Diwali – Festival of lights – Hindi feast Football in Spain President Trump Russian Revolution and Communism 1, 2, 3 Sevilla's fair Virgen del Pilar and Hispanicity FAMILY, CHILDREN Grandparents Love and Marriage 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9 Dignity of women – John Paul II God of Love (sex) World Meeting of Families Rome 2022 – festival of families Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4 GOD Angels Come Holy Spirit God is Love 1,2– Benedict XVI Man, image of God Trinity LITURGICAL YEAR Advent and Christmas, 1 + 2 All departed souls All Saints – Halloween for Christians Carnival and Lent Christmas – the birth of our Lord Holy Week for adults Holy Week for children 8+ years Holy Week - drawings for children Holy Week – Views of the last hours of JC – the passion Sunday – Lord's Day – JP2 Thanksgiving POPE FRANCIS – TRAVEL Pope Francis in Africa Pope Francis in America Pope Francis in Bahrain 1+ 2 Pope Francis in Brazil WYD 2013 Pope Francis in Bulgaria and Macedonia Pope Francis in Canada 1,2,3 Pope Francis in Central African Republic Pope Francis in Chile 1 + 2 Pope Francis in Cyprus Pope Francis in Colombia 1 + 2 Pope Francis in Congo 1+ 2 Pope Francis in Cuba 2015 Pope Francis in Egype Pope Francis in Slovakia 1 + 2 Pope Francis in Europe – parliament Pope Francis in Fatima Pope Francis in Greece Pope Francis in Holy Land, - Israel, Palestine Jordan Pope Francis in Hungary 2021 + 2023 Pope Francis in Iraq 1,2,3 Pope Francis in Ireland – world meeting of families Pope Francis in Kenya Pope Francis in Japan Pope Francis in Kazakhstan 1+ 2 Pope Francis in Malta Pope Francis in Mexico Pope Francis in Mexico 2016 Pope Francis in Mongolia Pope Francis in Morocco Pope Francis in Panama – WYD 2019 Pope Francis in Peru Pope Francis in Poland - Auschwitz Pope Francis in Poland WYD 2016 Pope Francis in Portugal 2021 + WYD 2023 Pope Francis in Romania Pope Francis in Sudan Pope francis in Sweden Pope Francis in Thailand Pope Francis in Uganda Pope Francis in United Arab Emirates MARIA Fatima – History of the Apparitions of the Virgin Mary and the Bible Mary Doctrine and Dogmas Medjugore pilgrimage Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico – apparitions Virgen de Pilar – Hispanic festival Our Lady of Sheshan, China SCIENCE Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish Juno explores Jupiter Parker Solar Test MORAL AND ETHICAL Christian holidays - JP2 Conscience, human community, human freedom and salvation justification and grace, Life in Christ, merit and holiness moral law, Morality of human acts, Passions, Sin, Sincerity social justice, Social Life – participation, Virtue, vice United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Human Dignity – declaration of dicastery for doctrine of faith Vocation – www.vocation.org Vocation to evangelize Vocation to beatitude Pope John XXIII – Peace on Earth Pope Paul VI Pope Juan Pablo II – Redeemer of man, Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2 Pope Benedict XVII - in Germany WYD 2005 POPE FRANCIS – DOCUMENTS love and marriage - Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4 – 5.6 Christ lives - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9 Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5 Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5 FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8 LAUDATE Sii 1 – care of the common home 2 – gospel of creation 3 – The root of the ecological crisis 4 – integral ecology 5 – lines of action 6 – Ecological Education and Spirituality LAUDATE DEUM LUMEN FIDEI – chapter 1,2, - 3,4 Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Face of Mercy Dear Amazonia 1,2,3,4
  • 81. SAINTS and MARTYRS Martyrs of Albania Martyrs of Algeria Martyrs of England and Wales Martyrs of Holland Martyrs of Korea Martyrs of Libya Martyrs of Japan Martyrs of Rumania Martyrs of Turkey Martyrs of Uganda Martyrs of Vietnam Martyrs of North American Saint Albert the Great Saint Alphonsus Maria Liguori Saint Ambrose of Milan Saint Alcuin of York Saint Andrew, Apostle Saint Anthony of Padua Saint Anthony of the desert (Egypt) Saint Benedict, abbot and confessor Saint Bruno, founder of the Carthusians Saint Buenaventure, bishop, doctor ch Saint Charles Borromeo Saint Clement of Rome, Pope and Martyr Saint Ciyil y Methodius Saint Columbanus 1,2 Saint Damian of Molokai Saint David I, King of Scotland Saint Donnán, irish mok and missionary to Scotland Saint Daniel Comboni Saint Dominic de Guzman, Dominican founder Saint George and the legend of the dragon Saint Dominic Savio Saint Stephen, proto-martyr Saint Philip Neri, founer, priest Saint Fidelis of Simaringen, martyr Saint Francis of Assisi 1,2,3,4 Saint Francis de Sales Saint Francis Xavier Saint George and the legend of the dragon Saint Ignatius of Loyola Saint Joaquin and Saint Ana Saint Joseph, worker, husband, father Saint John Bosco, founder of the Salesians Saint John Chrysostom Saint John of Damascus Saint John of God, founder Saint John of the Cross Saint John Ma Vianney, Curé de'Ars Saint John Henry Newman, Cardinal Saint John N. Neumann, of Philadelphia Saint John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla Saint John Ogilvie, Scottish Jesuir Martyr Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist Saint Justin, martyr Saint Leo the Great Saint Luke the Evangelist Saint Mark the Evangelist Saint Martin de Porres Saint Martin of Tours Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist Saint Maximilian Kolbe Saint Nazarius and Celsus Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) Saint Paul, 1 + 2 Saint Padre Pio of Pietralcina Saint Patrick and Ireland Saint Perpetua and Felicity Saint Peter Claver Saint Robert Bellarmine Saint James the Apostle Saint Simon and Judah Thaddeus, apostles Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops, martyrs Saint Zacharias and Elizabeth, - parents of John the Baptist Saint Thomas Becket Saint Thomas Aquinas Saint Valentine Saint Vincent of Paul Saint Zacharias and Saint Elizabeth Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr Saint Agnes of Rome, virgin and martyr Saint Bernadette of Lourdes Saint Brigid of Ireland Saint Catherine of Alexandria, - virgin and martyr Saint Catherine of Siena Saint Cecilia Saint Dymphna Saint Faustina and divine mercy Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Saint Gemma Galgani Saint Joah of Arc Saint Juliana Falconieri Saint Lucia, virgin and martyr Saint Margaret of Scotland Saint Maria Goretti Saint Mary Magdalene Saint Martha, Mary and Lazarus Saint Monica, mother of Saint Augustine Saint Perpetua and Felicity Saint Rita of Cascia Saint Rose Philipine Duchesne, virgin Saint Teresa of Avila Saint Teresa of Calcutta Saint Therese of Lisieux 1 + 2 Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus For comments – email – mflynn@lcegionaries.org – fb – Martin M Flynn Donations to IBAN CH51 0900 0000 1612 7928 5 CHF Account number 16-127928-5 BIC POFICHBEXXX
  • 82. LISTA de PRESENTACIONES en ESPAÑOL CRISTO Resurrección – según los evangelios Cristo Rey Cristo vive Cuerpo de Crito - Corpus Christi 1,2,3,4 Cristo y su Reino Sagrado Corazón 1 + 2 – biblia y doctrina– Haurietis aquas – el culto del Sagrado Corazón Vocación a la bienaventuranza Vocación a evangelizar con Cristo IGLESIA Revelacíon Divina Ministerio sacerdotal Comunidad humana Iglesia, madre y maestra Signos de esperanza Sinodo jovenes CULTURA Y HISTORIA Colón y el descubriento de America Confraternitdades y processiones– Hispanic Diwali – Festival de luz – Fiesta Hindi Futbol en España Presidente Trump Revolución y el Comunismo 1, 2, 3 Feria de Sevilla Virgen del Pilar y Hispanicidad FAMILIA, HIJOS, NIÑOS Abuelos Amor y Matrimonio 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9 Dignidad de la mujer – John Paul II Dios de Amor (sexo) Encuentro Mundial de Familias - Roma 2022 – festival de ls familias Familiaris Consortium 1,2,3,4 DIOS Angeles Ven Espiritu Santo Dios es Amor 1,2– Benedicto XVI El hombre, imagen de Dios Trinidad AÑO LITURGICO Adviento y Navidad 1 + 2 Todos las Almas Todos los Santos– Halloween para Cristianos Carnival y Cuaresma Navidad– el nacimiento del Señor Semana Santa para adullos Semana Santa para niños 8+ años Semana Santa – dibujos para niños Semana Santa– Vistas de las ultimas oras de JC – La Pasión Domingo– Dia del Señor – JP2 Accion de Gracias - Thanksgiving MARIA Fátima – Historia de las Aparitciones de la Virgen Maria y la Biblia Maria Doctrina y Dogmas Medjugore peregrinación Virgen de Guadalupe, Mexico – aparitciónes Virgen del Pilar –festival hispanica Nuestra Señora de Sheshan, China SCIENCE Mars Rover Perseverence – Spanish Juno explora Jupiter Parker Sonda Solar MORAL Y ETICA Vacaciones Cristianos - JP2 Conciencia, Comunidad Humana, Libertad Humana y Salvacion Justificación y gracia, Vida en Cristo, Merito y Santidad, Ley moral Moraliidad de actos humanos, Pasiones, Pecado , Sinceridad Justicia social ,Vida Social– participacion,Virtud Las Naciones Unidas y la declaración universal de los derechos humanos. Dignidad Humana – declaracion del dicasterio por la doctrina de la fe Vocación– www.vocation.org Vocación a evangelizar Vocación a la bienaventuranza Papa John XXIII – Paz en la tTerra Papa Paul VI Papa Juan Pablo II – Redentor del hombre, Karol Wojtyla + Pontificado 1+2 Papa Benedicto XVII – en Alemania JMJ 2005 PAPA FRANCISCO – DOCUMENTOS Amor y matrimonio- Amoris Laetitia – 1.2 – 3.4 – 5.6 Cristo vive - 1,2,3 – 4,5,6 – 7,8,9 Evangelii Gaudium 1,2,3,4,5 Gaudete et Exultate 1,2,3,4,5 FRATELLI TUTTI - 1,2 – 3,4,5 – 6,7,8 (somos todos hermanos) LAUDATE Sii 1 – cuidado de la casa común 2 – evangelio de la creación 3 – la raiz de la crisis ecologica 4 – ecologia integral 5 – lineas de acción 6 –Educación y Espiritualidad Ecological LAUDATUM DEUM LUMEN FIDEI – capitulo 1,2, - 3,4 Misericordiae Vultus in Spanish – Rostro del Perdón Querida Amazonia 1,2,3,4 PAPA FRANCISCO – VIAJES Papa Francisco en Africa Papa Francisco en America Papa Francisco en Bahrain 1+ 2 Papa Francisco en Brazil WYD 2013 Papa Francisco en Bulgaria and Macedonia Papa Francisco en Canada 1,2,3 Papa Francisco en Central African Republic Papa Francisco en Chile 1 + 2 Papa Francisco en Chipre Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2 Papa Francisco en Congo 1+ 2 Papa Francisco en Cuba 2015 Papa Francisco en Egypto Papa Francisco en Eslovaqiia 1 + 2 Papa Francisco en Europa – parliamento Papa Francisco en Fatima, Portugal Papa Francisco en Grecia Papa Francisco en Tierra Santa, Israel, Palestine Jordan Papa Francisco en Hungria 2021 + 2023 Papa Francisco en Iraq 1,2,3 Papa Francisco en Ireanda – encuentro mundial de familias Papa Francisco en Kenia Papa Francisco en Japón Papa Francisco en Kazaquistan 1+ 2 Papa Francisco en Malta Papa Francisco en Marruecos Papa Francisco en México Papa Francisco en México 2016 Papa Francisco en Mongolia Papa Francisco en Panama – JMJ 2019 Papa Francisco en Peru Papa Francisco en Polonia- Auschwitz Papa Francisco en Polonia – JMU - 2016 Papa Francisco en Portugal 2021 + JMJ 2023 Papa Francisco en Romania Papa Francisco en Sudan Papa Francisco en Suecia Pope Francis en Tailandiia Papa Francisco en Uganda Papa Francisco en United Arab Emirates
  • 83. SANTOS Y MÁRTIRES Mártires de Albania Mártires de Algeria Mártires de Corea Mártires de England and Wales Mártires de Olanda Mártires de Libia Mártires de Japón Martires de Rumania Máritres de Turquía Mártires de Uganda Mártires de Vietnam Mártires de Nortd America San Alberto Magno San Alfonso Maria Liguori San Ambrosio de Milan San Alcuino de York San Andrés, Apostol San Antonio de Padua San Antonio del desierto (Egypto) San Benedicto, abad y confesor San Bonaventura, obishpo, doctor igleis San Bruno, - fundador de los cartujos San Carlos Borromeo San Ciril and Metodio San Clemente de Roma, papa y martir San Columbanus 1,2 San Damian de Molokai San Daniel Comboni San David I, Rey de Escocia San Domingo de Guzman, -fundador de los Dominicos San Dominic Savio San Donnán, misionario a Escocia San Esteban, proto-martir San Felipe Neri, fundador, sacerdote San Fidelis of Simaringen, martir San Francis co de Asís 1,2,3,4 San Francisco de Sales San Francisco Xavier San Ignacio de Loyola San Joaquin y Santa Ana San Jorge, y la leyenda del dragón San José, obrero, marido, padre San Juan Bosco, fundador de los Salesianos San Juan Crisostom San Juan Damascene San Juan de Dios, fundador San Juan de la cruz San Juan Ma Vianney, Curé de'Ars San Juan E. Newman, cardinal San Juan N. Neumann, obispo de Filadelfia San Juan Ogilvie, Jesuita, Escosés, Martir San Juan Paul II, Karol Wojtyla San Juan, Apostol y Evangelista San Justin, Martyr, doctor San Leon el Grande San Lukas, Evangelista San Marcos, Evangelista San Martin de Porres San Martin de Tours San Mateo, Apostol y Evangelista San Maximiliana Kolbe San Nazareo y Celso, martires San Nicolas (Santa Claus) San Pablo, 1 + 2 San Padre Pio de Pietralcina San Patricio de Irlanda San Pedro Claver Santa Perpetua y Felicidad San Roberto Bellarmino Santiago, Apostol San Simon y Judas Tadeo, apostoles Santos Timoteo y Tito, obispos, mártires San Zacharias e Isavel, - padres de Juan el Bautista San Tomás Beckett San Tomás de Aquinas San Valentino San Vincent e de Paul San Zacharias y Santa Isabel Sant’ Agueda, virgen and martir Santa Bernadita de Lourdes Santa Brigid a de Irlanda Santa Caterina de Alexandria, virgen y martir Santa Caterina de Siena Santa Cecilia, virgen e martir Santa Dinfna, Santa Faustina y la divina misericordia Santa Gemma Galgani Sant’ Agnes of Rome, virgen y martir Sant’ Isabel de Hungria Sant’ Agnes, virgen y martir Santa Juliana Falconieri Santa Juana de arc Santa Lucia, virgen y martir Santa Margarita de Escocia Santa Maria Goretti Santa Maria Magdalena Santa Marta, Maria y Lazaro Santa Monica, madre de San Augustine Santa Perpetua y Felitdad Santa Rita de Cascia Santa Rosa Filipine Duchesne Santa Teresa deAvila Santa Teresa de Calcutta Santa Terese de Lisieux 1 + 2 Para commentarioa – email – mflynn@lcegionaries.org fb – Martin M Flynn Donativos a IBAN CH51 0900 0000 1612 7928 5 CHF Account number 16-127928-5 BIC POFICHBEXXX