CHAPTER 9
FAITH EXPRESSED & LIVED
MONASTICISIM
MEANS: “ONE, ALONE” INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO
WHOLEHEARTEDLY FOLLOW CHRIST SEPARATED THEMSELVES FROM THE WORLD
THEY LIVED ALONE OR IN RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES
SAINT BENEDICT BENEDICT FEARED FOR HIS SOUL AND HE FLED ROME
AND ANSWERED GOD’S CALL TO A LIFE OF SERVITUDE HE WENT INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND LIVED AS A
HERMIT FOR YEARS AND CONCENTRATED ON PRAYING
MONKS CAME TO ASK BENEDICT TO LEAD THEM AND HE WARNED THEM HE WOULD BE TOO STRICT FOR THEM.
THE MONKS TRIED TO POISON HIM BECAUSE HE OF HIS STRICT RULES
HE ESTABLISH A MONASTARY IN A.D. 529 AT MONTE CASSINO IN SOUTHERN ITALY.
“THE RULE OF SAINT BENEDICT” ONCE YOU ENTER A MONASTARY YOU MUST STAY THERE
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. ALL MONKS MUST TAKE TURNS WORKING IN THE KITCHENS
AND WAITING AT TABLE MONKS MUST REMAIN BUSY, EITHER WITH MANUAL WORK,
OR IN STUDY & PRAYER MONKS MUST REMAIN SILENT, UNLESS THEY HAVE TO
SPEAK THE ABBOT’S ORDERS MUST BE OBEYED WITHOUT
ARGUMENT EVERY MONK MUST TAKE A VOW OF CHASTITY NO ONE SHOULD OWN ANYTHING MONKS MUST PRAY TOGETHER 7 TIMES DAILY AT EVERY MEAL THERE MUST BE A READING FROM
SCRIPTURE
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE MONASTERIES
SPIRITUALITY MINISTERED TO THE SICK EDUCATED GAVE SHELTER TO TRAVELERS HELPED STABILIZE THE ECONOMY BY CLEARING THE LAND
FOR DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVED FARMING METHODS THEY BECAME CENTERS OF CULTURE COPYING SCRIPTURE & PRESERVING THE WRITINGS OF THE
CHURCH FATHERS ENHANCED THE LITURGY WITH CHANTS TAUGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER WHAT IS TRULY IMPORTANT IN LIFE- YOUR FAITH
ST. BENEDICT
GOD IS THE CENTER
ST. BENEDICT KNEW THAT OUR TRUE CALLING IS A LIFE CENTERED ON GOD, OUR CREATOR
ST. SCHOLASTICA
SISTER OF SAINT BENEDICT STARTED A MONASTARY FOR NUNS
NEAR MONTE CASSINO FOLOWED THE BENEDICTINE RULE
LIVE IN THE LIGHT THROUGHOUT THE SCRIPTURES,
DARKNESS AND LIGHT ARE SYMBLS OF SIN AND GRACE
AS CHILDREN OF GOD, WE ARE TRULY CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT
WE RECEIVE GOD’S GRACE IN THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM AND WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE HIS GRACE THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES
FAITH FAITH IS A GIFT FROM GOD WE NOURISH OUR FAITH BY PRAYERS
AND BY STUDING THE WORD OF GOD AND THE CHURCH’S TEACHING AND THROUGH THE EUCHARIST
FAITH ALSO SHOWS ITSELF IN THE GOOD WORKS WE DO TO HELP OTHERS
ST. THOMAS AQUINASHE BECAME A DOMINICAN FRIARHIS FAMILY CAPTURED HIM AND TRIED TO CHANGE HIS
MINDHE BECAME A GREAT TEACHER AND WRITERHE WROTE SUMMA THEOLOGIAE, A COLLECTION OF
ESSAYS THAT BLENDED THE WORKS OF MANY PHILOSOPHERS WITH THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST
HE CONSTRUCTED ANEW PHILOSOPHY PROVING THAT REASON AND FAITH COULD BE COMPLEMENTARY
HE WAS NAMED A DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH IN 1567.HIS TEACHINGS AND WRITINGS GREATLY INFLUENCED
THE UNDERSTANDING OF CATHOLIC DOCTRINE
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