Man of Blessing: A Life of St. Benedict

Set against the bloody backdrop that was Italy in mid-first-millennium, Benedict's life charts a course far different from the violent struggles of his day. In a time of war and want, this monk and abbot aimed to establish and nurture community, cultivate the wilderness, and feed the poor. He also left us his famous Rule, seventy-three short chapters that are the foundation for Western monasticism and remain a spiritual classic. Man of Blessing answers these questions: ? Why did Pope Benedict XVI choose the name "Benedict"? ? What other popes have been named Benedict? ? What were the important events in the life of St. Benedict? ? What are St. Benedict's lasting legacies? ? What is in St. Benedict's Rule? (A brief chapter-by-chapter summary of St. Benedict's Rule is presented.)

• Author
• Carmen Acevedo Butcher

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 190

• Publisher
• Paraclete Press (MA)

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781557254856

• Genres
• biography

• Release date
• 2006