BENEDICTINE SAINTS AND BEATI FOR NOVEMBER

BENEDICTINE SAINTS AND BEATI FOR NOVEMBER

1. St GENESIUS, Archbishop of Lyons (+668)
2. St BENNO, Founder of Clynnog Fawr (+ c.620)
3. St PIRMIN, Bishop, founder of several abbeys (+758)
4. St BERTILIA, Abbess of Chelles (+ 692)
5. St MALACHY, Archbishop of Armagh (+1148)
6. St WINOC, Abbot of Wornhout (+717)

7. St WILLIBRORD, Bishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia (+ 738)
8. St GODFREY, Bishop of Amiens (+1118)
9. Ven HENRY, Bp of Luebeck (+1184)
10. St JUSTUS, Archbishop of Canterbury (+627)
11. Ven SERGIUS, Archbishop of Damascus (+981)
12. St EMILIAN, Abbot of St Millan in Spain (+574)
13. All Saints of the Benedictine Order 
ST ABBO, Abbot of Fleury (+1004)
14. All Souls of the Benedictine Order
15. St FINTAN, Monk of Rheinau (+878)
16. St OTHMAR, Abbot of St Gall's (+759)
17. ST GERTRUDE THE GREAT, Nun at Helfta (+1301) 
18. St ODO, Abbot of Cluny (+942)
19. St MECHTILDIS, Nun at Helfta (+1298)
20. St BERNWARD, Bishop of Hildesheim (+1022)
21. Presentation of the B.V.M., Patronal Feast of the Oblates 
Bl GELASIUS O’CULLENAN, Abbot at Boyle, Martyr (+1584)
22. Bl JOHN THORN and Bl ROGER JAMES, Monks of Glastonbury, Martyrs (+1539)
23. St GUIDO, Abbot at Casauria (+1045)
24. Bl BALSAMUS, Abbot of Cava (+1232)
25. Bl TUSSANUS, Prior at Cluny (+1420)
26. St SYLVESTER, FOUNDER of the Sylvestrines (+1167)
27. St VIRGIL, Archbishop of Salzburg (+780)
28. St GERMANUS, Prior of Taloire (11th Century)
29. St RADBOD, Bishop of Utrecht (+918) 
30. St ANGELO, Abbot at Palermo (+1380)

PRAYER IN HONOUR OF ALL HOLY MONKS

Ant. The souls of the Saints, who have followed in the footsteps of Christ, rejoice in heaven; and, because they have despised the world for love of him, therefore do they exult with Christ forever.

V. But the just shall live for evermore.
R. And their reward is with the Lord.

Let us pray
Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that the example of the holy Monks may stir us to a better life: so that we may imitate the actions of those whose memory we celebrate. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
 

O caelestis norma vitae

This traditional antiphon, in honour of St Benedict, is sung after Compline at the monthly meetings of the Sodality.

The Prayers of Union

These are said at the monthly meeting of the Sodality.

Sancta Maria, succurre miseris, juva pusillanimes, refove flebiles, ora pro populo, interveni pro clero, inter­cede pro monachorum choro, exora pro devoto femineo sexu; sentiant omnes tuum juvamen, quicumque devote cele­brant tuum sanctum nomen.       V. Ora pro nobis, sancta Dei genitrix. R. Ut digni efficiamus promissionibus Christi.       Oremus. Concede nos famulos tuos, quaesumus Domine Deus, perpetua mentis et corporis sanitate gaudere: et gloriosa beatae Mariae semper Virginis intercession, a praesenti liberari tristitia, et aeterna perfrui laetitia. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen.     Sanctissime Confessor Domini, monachorum Pater et Dux, Benedicte, intercede pro nostra omniumque salute.   V. Domine, Deus virtutum, converte nos. R. Et ostende faciem tuam et salvi erimus.   Oremus. Excita, Domine, in Ecclesia tua Spiritum, cui beatus Pater noster Benedictus Abbas servivit: ut, eodem nos repleti, studeamus amare quod amavit, et opere exercere quod docuit.     Da nobis, quaesumus, Domine, perservantem in tua voluntate famulatum, ut in diebus nostris et merito et numero populus tibi serviens augeatur. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. R. Amen.

O Holy Mary, give aid to the wretched, strengthen the faint­hearted, comfort the sorrowing, pray for the faithful, plead for the clergy, intercede for the choirs of monks, and pray for all good women vowed to God; may all experience thy help, who devoutly commem­orate thy holy name.     V. Pray for us, O holy Mother of God. R. That we may be made worth of the promises of Christ.     Let us Pray. Grant to us Thy servants, we beseech Thee, O Lord our God, to enjoy perpetual help of mind and body: and by the glorious intercession of Mary ever Virgin, to be delivered from present sorrows and to enjoy everlasting gladness. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.     Most holy Confessor of the Lord, Father and Guide of monks, Bene­dict, intercede for our salvation, and that of all.   V. O Lord, God of might, turn us to Thee. R. And show Thy face, and we shall be saved.   Let us pray. Raise up, O Lord, in Thy Church, the Spirit with which our holy Fa­ther, the Abbot Bene­dict, was animated: that, filled with the same spirit, we may strive to love what he loved, and to practise what he taught.   Grant us, we beseech thee, O Lord, persever­ing submission to Thy holy will: that in our days the people dedi­cated to Thy service may increase both in merit and in number. Through Christ our Lord. R. Amen.

Benedictine Calendar for October

BENEDICTINE SAINTS AND BEATI FOR OCTOBER

 

1 St Bavo, Abbot at Ghent (+ 654)

2. St Leodegar (Leger), Bishop of Autun, M (+ 678)

3. St Gerard, Abbot at Brogne (+ 959)

4. St Aurea, Abbess at Paris (+ 666)

5. St Placid, Disciple of St Benedict, and Companions MM (+ 546)

6. St Adalbero, Bishop of Augsburg (+ 909)

7. St Ositha, Abbess at Chich, M (+ 653)

8. Bl Compagnus, Monk at Padua (+ 1264)

9. Bl Gunther, Monk at Niederaltaich (+1045)

10. St Paulinus, Archbishop of York (+ 644)

11. St Ethelburga, Abbess at Barking (+ 705)

12.  St Wilfrid, Bishop of York (+ 709)

13. St Simpert, Bishop of Augsburg (+ 807)

14. St Burkard, Bishop of Wuerzburg (+ 752)

15. St Hedwig, Duchess of Silesia, Oblate (+ 1143)

St Thecla, Abbess at Kitzingen (+ c. 750)

16. St Gall, Abbot, Founder of St Gall's (+ 646)

17. St Anstrudis, Abbess at Laon (+ 688)

18. Ven Benno, Bishop of Hamburg, 5th Apostle to Wends (+ 1190)

19. St Frideswide, Abbess at Oxford (+790)

20. St Wendelin, Abbot of Tholey (+ 650)

21. St Wimo, Bishop of Bremen, Apostle to Goths (+ 936)

22. St Bertharius, Abbot of Monte Cassino (+ 884)

23. St Bernard, Bishop of Vich (+ 1243)

24. St Martin, Abbot of Vertou (+ 601)

25. St Hildemarca, Abbess at Fecamp (+ 670)

26. St Albuin, Bishop of Fritzlar (+ 787)

27. St Tetta, Abbess of Wimborne (+ 760)

28. Ven Egbert, Brother at Villers (+ ?)

29. St Elfleda, Abbess of Ramsey (+ 930)

30. St Egelnoth the Good, Archbishop of Canterbury (+ 1038)

31. St Wolfgang, Bishop of Regensburg (+ 994)

PRAYER IN HONOUR OF ALL HOLY MONKS
Ant. The souls of the Saints, who have followed in the footsteps of Christ, rejoice in heaven; and, because they have despised the world for love of him, therefore do they exult with Christ forever.

V. But the just shall live for evermore.
R. And their reward is with the Lord.

Let us pray
Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord, that the example of the holy Monks may stir us to a better life: so that we may imitate the actions of those whose memory we celebrate. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.