LIFE AND MIRACLES

OF
ST. BENEDICT
Ability to escape evil
plan against him
Group 2: St. Bede

AJ Soliven Rafael John Alano

Alrajhi Calaca Rainnah Diosina
Clare Quierez Ralph Nicodemus
Czarina May Lopez
Chapter 2: how he overcame
a great temptation of the
flesh.
 Chapter 2: how he overcame a great
temptation of the flesh.
✣ A small black bird began to fly around, flapping with
its wings against his face; importunate, insistent, so
that the saint could, if desired, take it with his hands.
After he had traced the sign of the cross, the bird flew
away.
✣ A malignant called to mind the appearance of a
woman seen a long time ago, and with the memory of
this figure so inflamed the soul of the servant of God
that he was not able to stop the fire of passion: won
by desire, he had almost We decided to leave his
hermitage.
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 Chapter 2: how he overcame a great
temptation of the flesh.
✣ He saw a bramble bush of nettles beside it; he took off
his clothes and jumped into it naked, rolling around for
a long time among the prickly thorns and stinging
nettles, and emerged with the body all torn.
✣ Through the wounds of the flesh healed the wound of
the soul, transformed the temptation in pain, and she
burned out, he extinguished the passion that burned
within. He won sin therefore changing the fire.

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 SUMMARY
St. Benedict saw a malignant image of a naked girl. He jumped
to a bramble bush of nettles without any clothes and rolled
around it to remove the image in his mind. The image of the girl
was gone and after telling this incident to his followers, many
were tempted by the devil.

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Chapter 3: how Benedict, by
the sign of the holy cross,
broke a drinking-glass in
pieces.
Chapter 3: how Benedict, by the sign of the
holy cross, broke a drinking-glass in pieces.
✣ Benedict assumed control of the monastery and
insisted that his monks follow in the strictest manner
of Cenobite worship and mission. The monks were
constrained from all the temptations of physical
pleasures.
✣ Senior monks were rationed a pound of bread per day
along with two cooked meals, and when available,
apples and vegetables were available for a third meal.

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Chapter 3: how Benedict, by the sign of the
holy cross, broke a drinking-glass in pieces.
✣ St. Benedict also required his monks to sing all of the
psalms of the Bible every week and he standardised
their personal conduct under the Rules of the Master,
a twelve-thousand words dictum he wrote around 530.
✣ All these factors saw some of the monks become
seriously disillusioned and out of the disillusionment
came a conspiracy to kill St. Benedict by poisoning his
wine.
✣ St. Benedict made the sign of the cross over the wine
and the cup shattered, spilling its contents on the
floor. St. Benedict survived the assassination attempts
carried out by his ungrateful
8 charges.
 SUMMARY
The Monks in the monastery was constrained with all
temptations with that reason, they tried to kill St.
Benedict by putting poison in the wine. The glass
shattered into pieces and the wine spilled into the ground
after making the sign of the cross.

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 Chapter 8: how a loaf was
poisoned and carried far off
by a crow.
Chapter 8: how a loaf was poisoned and
carried far off by a crow.
✣ Florentius, blinded and increasingly devoured by the
fire of envy, went so far as to send to the Almighty's
servant a poisoned bread, as if blessed. St. Benedict
accepted it with thanks but escaped the trap that it
contained.
✣ A raven, who received bread from his hands. That day,
when he reached the crow, St. Benedict gave him
before the bread received by the priest, has
commanded him: "In the name of Jesus Christ, take
this bread and take it where no one can find it."

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Chapter 8: how a loaf was poisoned and
carried far off by a crow.
✣ The crow began to flutter around that bread, croaking
as if to say, of being ready to obey, but it cannot carry
out the order. After having lingered for a long time,
eventually the Raven grabbed it and flew away. About
three hours later he returned without the bread, and
from the hand of the saint received the food it used to
have.
✣ Florentius having been unable to eliminate Benedict,
he instead tried to kill the souls of the disciples. He
sent to the monastery, seven naked girls holding
hands, danced for a long time to energize their carnal
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Chapter 8: how a loaf was poisoned and
carried far off by a crow.
✣ St. Benedict saw from his cell and feared for his weak
disciples. Convinced that the persecution of Florentius
concern him alone, he decided to leave the field
before the envy of the priest.
✣ Almighty God struck the priest with a terrible
punishment. In fact, while he was on the terrace of the
house, rejoicing, for the departure of St. Benedict,
while remaining intact the whole house, the balcony
collapsed, burying Florentius under its rubble.

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 SUMMARY
Florentius was so envy to St. Benedict, because of that he tried
to poison St. Benedict in a form of a bread. A raven took the
bread and didn’t return with the bread but instead with the usual
food he eats. With Florentius unable to eliminate St. Benedict, he
sent 7 naked ladies to the monastery. St. Benedict saw it from his
cell. When St. Benedict Left the balcony collapsed and the rocks
fell that buried Florentius.

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 QUIZ: ABILITY TO
ESCAPE EVIL PLAN
AGAINST HIM

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 MODIFIED TRUE OR
FALSE

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 QUESTION 1

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 QUESTION 1

In the name of Jesus

Christ, take this “wine”
and take it where no one
can find it.
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 QUESTION 2

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 QUESTION 2

St. Benedict required his

monks to sing all the
psalms of the Bible every
week.
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 QUESTION 3

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 QUESTION 3

Florentius was so envy to

St. Benedict because of
that he tried to poison St.
Benedict in a form of
bread.
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 QUESTION 4

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 QUESTION 4

Florentius sent 8 naked

ladies to the monastery
to kill the souls of the
disciples.
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 QUESTION 5

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 QUESTION 5

St. Benedict made the

sign of the cross over the
wine and the cup
shattered.
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 QUESTION 6

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 QUESTION 6

St. Benedict jumped to a

bramble of bush of
needles without any
clothes and rolled it to
remove the image in his
mind. 28
 QUESTION 7

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 QUESTION 7

The balcony collapsed

and the rocks fell at
Florentius that buried
him.

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 QUESTION 8

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 QUESTION 8

the dove took the bread

and returned with the
usual food that St.
Benedict.

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 QUESTION 9-10

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 QUESTION 9-10

PRAYER TO THE MEDAL

OF SAINT BENEDICT

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 ANSWERS
1. Wine, Bread
2. True
3. True
4. 8, 7
5. True
6. Needles, Nettles
7. True
8. Dove, Raven
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 ANSWERS
9 – 10
Crux Sancti Patris Benedicti
Crux Sacra Sit Mihi Lux
Non Draco Sit Mihi Dux
Vade Retro Satana
Nunquam Suade Mihi Vana!
Sunt Mala Quae Libas.
Ipse venena bibas