Deus ✠ in adiutorium meum intende

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.

I am thankful for all the precious prayers! I have still yet to hear back from that community which in itself is a sign from Divine Providence. I trust that the Sweetest Bridegroom will lead me to a community where I can give up everything to serve Him for the greater glory of God, if He so wills.

On the way, ca. 1953 - by Robert Häusser (1924 - 2013), German