In his desire to please God alone, blessed Benedict abandoned home and patrimony and sought the religious life; he dwelt by himself, apart, in the presence of the all-seeing God of heaven. He left the world of men, knowingly ignorant of its ways, and wisely untrained in its wisdom; he dwelt by himself, apart, in the presence of the all-seeing God of heaven. ~Taken from the Liturgy of the Hours
Feast of St. Benedict
