Deus ✠ in adiutorium meum intende

Dead Christ (details) by Philippe de Champaigne

This is a good opportunity to reflect on one's daily clothes. Modesty is not reserved only for church, but also applies to every instance of one's day where one is in the presence of others. It would be advisable to always wear clothes in which one can enter a church, as one might not know when such an opportunity might present itself.

Holy card depicting Our Lady of Sorrows - artist and date unknown.

Once a year, the two would meet in a farmhouse to discuss spiritual matters. On their final visit, knowing she was close to death, Scholastica asked Benedict to stay the night so they could continue their holy conversation. Benedict refused, citing his Rule which forbade monks from spending the night outside the monastery. Scholastica bowed her head and prayed. Immediately, a violent storm erupted, making it impossible for Benedict to leave. When Benedict asked what she had done, she replied: "I asked you and you would not listen; so I asked my God and He did listen." St. Gregory the Great later wrote of this moment: "She could do more because she loved more."

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—Christ to St. Catherine of Siena

Hoc est enim corpus meum.