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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Saint Benedict of Nursia is the founder of Western monasticism and author of the Rule who shaped the Catholic spiritual tradition. What happens when a young nobleman born into a collapsing Roman world abandons his ambitions to disappear into a mountain cave?Born in the Umbrian hill-town of Nursia as Odoacer took power, Benedict grew up sensing the old Roman order falling apart. He travelled to Rome for rhetorical studies alongside his nurse Cirilla, only to step back from the threshold of privilege and flee the moral decay of the city. He retreated to the Simbruini hills, where an old monk named Romanus lowered bread to him on a rope at the Sacro Speco. From this hidden hermit life, the reader follows Benedict through a disastrous abbacy at Vicovaro to the summit of Monte Cassino, where he smashes a pagan idol to build an altar to Saint Martin.His twin Scholastica: the shared soul and lifelong spiritual bond that began in a provincial nobility.The broken sieve: a restored object at Enfide that brought unwanted attention to a young man trying to disappear.A poisoned cup: the lethal rejection by the monks of Vicovaro who refused his strict leadership.Malice and providence: the intrigues of the local priest Florentius that pushed Benedict south to a foundation.Book One of The Patriarch of the West: A Three-Part Life of Saint Benedict of Nursia. The narrative continues with The Monastery as School of the Lord's Service, which examines how the saint organized his religious houses and established daily rhythms of prayer; it concludes with Listen: What He Left for Every Century, which details his lasting instructions and his vision of a human life ordered toward God.Readers seeking a companion to the hidden years of the saint and a way into the silence of his formation at Subiaco. Book One of a three-part life of Saint Benedict of Nursia follows the young nobleman from the decay of Rome to a silent cave. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798951762863
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Before Benedict Built a Rule, a Cave Built Benedict.What happens in the silence before greatness? Most histories of Saint Benedict begin at Monte Cassino - the monastery, the Rule, the legacy that shaped Western civilization. This book begins earlier, and goes deeper. It enters the cave at Subiaco, where a young Roman nobleman, fleeing the corruption of the city, disappeared into three years of radical solitude. Those hidden years are where the real story lives. And they are the years most often skipped.The God Who Waits in Caves recovers those lost seasons with warmth, reverence, and spiritual honesty. Drawing on ancient sources and the living tradition of Benedictine spirituality, this is the story of how God forms a soul not through triumph but through hiddenness - through failure, hunger, temptation, and the slow, patient work of grace in a man willing to wait. It is formation before fame. Silence before speech. The monk before the Rule.What You Will Discover InsideThe flight from Rome - why Benedict abandoned a life of privilege and what that rupture reveals about vocation and courageA companion for oblates and monastics in formation - written with the texture and tone that Benedictine readers will recognize as their ownAn open door for newcomers - structured so that anyone encountering Benedict for the first time through wonder rather than duty will feel immediately welcomedFor Every Faithful Reader Who Has Spent Time in Their Own CaveThis book was written for Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, and all who find themselves drawn to the ancient rhythms of Benedictine spirituality - oblates, monastics in formation, parish readers, and laypeople who sense that the deepest formation rarely announces itself. It was also written for anyone who has ever lived through a hidden season and wondered whether God was still present in the waiting.Part of the BrickHut Sanctuary - Sacred Lives SeriesThe Sacred Lives series from BrickHut Sanctuary tells the stories of saints and solitaries not as distant heroes but as pilgrims whose struggles illuminate our own. Each volume is written with theological care and genuine human warmth, accessible to lifelong monastics and first-time readers alike.If Benedict has ever spoken to you - or if you have always felt he might - begin here, at the beginning. Ente Book One of The Patriarch of the West: the hidden years of Saint Benedict of Nursia. The student who turned from Rome, the three dark years in the cave at Subiaco, and the making of the father of Western monasticism, told reverently. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798951762863
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Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Saint Benedict of Nursia is the founder of Western monasticism and author of the Rule who shaped the Catholic spiritual tradition. What happens when a young nobleman born into a collapsing Roman world abandons his ambitions to disappear into a mountain cave Born in the Umbrian hill-town of Nursia as Odoacer took power, Benedict grew up sensing the old Roman order falling apart. He travelled to Rome for rhetorical studies alongside his nurse Cirilla, only to step back from the threshold of privilege and flee the moral decay of the city. He retreated to the Simbruini hills, where an old monk named Romanus lowered bread to him on a rope at the Sacro Speco. From this hidden hermit life, the reader follows Benedict through a disastrous abbacy at Vicovaro to the summit of Monte Cassino, where he smashes a pagan idol to build an altar to Saint Martin.His twin Scholastica: the shared soul and lifelong spiritual bond that began in a provincial nobility.The broken sieve: a restored object at Enfide that brought unwanted attention to a young man trying to disappear.A poisoned cup: the lethal rejection by the monks of Vicovaro who refused his strict leadership.Malice and providence: the intrigues of the local priest Florentius that pushed Benedict south to a foundation.Book One of The Patriarch of the West: A Three-Part Life of Saint Benedict of Nursia. The narrative continues with The Monastery as School of the Lord's Service, which examines how the saint organized his religious houses and established daily rhythms of prayer; it concludes with Listen: What He Left for Every Century, which details his lasting instructions and his vision of a human life ordered toward God.Readers seeking a companion to the hidden years of the saint and a way into the silence of his formation at Subiaco. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798951762863
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Before Benedict Built a Rule, a Cave Built Benedict.What happens in the silence before greatness? Most histories of Saint Benedict begin at Monte Cassino - the monastery, the Rule, the legacy that shaped Western civilization. This book begins earlier, and goes deeper. It enters the cave at Subiaco, where a young Roman nobleman, fleeing the corruption of the city, disappeared into three years of radical solitude. Those hidden years are where the real story lives. And they are the years most often skipped.The God Who Waits in Caves recovers those lost seasons with warmth, reverence, and spiritual honesty. Drawing on ancient sources and the living tradition of Benedictine spirituality, this is the story of how God forms a soul not through triumph but through hiddenness - through failure, hunger, temptation, and the slow, patient work of grace in a man willing to wait. It is formation before fame. Silence before speech. The monk before the Rule.What You Will Discover InsideThe flight from Rome - why Benedict abandoned a life of privilege and what that rupture reveals about vocation and courageA companion for oblates and monastics in formation - written with the texture and tone that Benedictine readers will recognize as their ownAn open door for newcomers - structured so that anyone encountering Benedict for the first time through wonder rather than duty will feel immediately welcomedFor Every Faithful Reader Who Has Spent Time in Their Own CaveThis book was written for Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, and all who find themselves drawn to the ancient rhythms of Benedictine spirituality - oblates, monastics in formation, parish readers, and laypeople who sense that the deepest formation rarely announces itself. It was also written for anyone who has ever lived through a hidden season and wondered whether God was still present in the waiting.Part of the BrickHut Sanctuary - Sacred Lives SeriesThe Sacred Lives series from BrickHut Sanctuary tells the stories of saints and solitaries not as distant heroes but as pilgrims whose struggles illuminate our own. Each volume is written with theological care and genuine human warmth, accessible to lifelong monastics and first-time readers alike.If Benedict has ever spoken to you - or if you have always felt he might - begin here, at the beginning. Ente Book One of The Patriarch of the West: the hidden years of Saint Benedict of Nursia. The student who turned from Rome, the three dark years in the cave at Subiaco, and the making of the father of Western monasticism, told reverently. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798951762863
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