{"id":106631,"date":"2021-11-13T16:06:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T00:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=106631"},"modified":"2021-11-13T16:07:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T00:07:37","slug":"all-saints-benedictine-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/all-saints-benedictine-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"All Saints of the Benedictine Order"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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O<\/span>nce again we come to a feast of All Saints. “But wait!” I hear you cry, “wasn’t that back on the first of November<\/a>?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right you are! But today on the Benedictine calendar<\/a> is the feast of All Saints of the Benedictine Order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

T<\/span>herefore,<\/em> since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.<\/p>

(Hebrews 12:1-2<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

In fact, many Orders (and some countries<\/a>) have their own All Saints and All Souls days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  • The Augustinians remember all saints of the Order of Saint Augustine on November 13th and all their departed on November 14th.<\/li>
  • The Dominicans remember all saints of the Order of Preachers on November 7th and all their departed on November 8th.<\/li>
  • The Franciscans remember all saints of the Seraphic Order on November 29th and all their departed on November 24th.<\/li>
  • The Carmelites remember all saints of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel on November 14th and all their departed on November 15th.<\/li>
  • The Jesuits remember all saints of the Society of Jesus on November 5th and all their departed on November 6th.<\/li>
  • The Benedictines and Cistercians remember all saints who militated under the Rule of Saint Benedict on November 13th and all their departed on November 14th<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    So today is a day for us to rejoice in the lives, and to pray for the intercession, of Saint Benedict and the many other Benedictine saints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    And there are hundreds<\/a> of them, from Saints Benedict <\/a>and Scholastica<\/a> in the sixth century, right up through Blesseds Columba Marmion<\/a> and Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster<\/a> in the twentieth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I am particularly struck by the poetry of the Office Hymn for Monastic Lauds today, Salvete, cedri libani<\/em>. Here is the English:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    H<\/span>ail, cedars tall of Lebanon;<\/em>
    Complete your growth, so well begun,
    Ye sturdy slips the Order yields,
    Transplanted in celestial fields.<\/p>

    The glory of the Trinity
    Enfolds you now eternally;
    The Virgin Mother\u2019s favoring air
    Breathes over you in zephyrs fair.<\/p>

    The choiring Seraphim advance
    To circle you, and sweetly dance
    Forever, in your sheltered nooks
    Refreshed with pure eternal brooks.<\/p>

    O race renowned, of noblest birth,
    Vouchsafe to help your sons on earth,
    And strengthen us, your offshoots frail
    Within this melancholy vale.<\/p>

    The Father and the Son we laud,
    And Thee sweet Spirit, Breath of God;
    With Whom our predecessors bright
    Live joyous in eternal light. Amen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    And here is the beautiful, haunting Latin chant:<\/p>\n\n\n\n