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Blessed feast day of St. Benedict!

In this issue:
 

  1. "Did you know?" A story about St. Benedict
  2. Now Available: St. Ignatius Retreat Journal & Devotional
  3. Rosary roundup: a gallery of some recent repairs and custom work

"Did you know?" A story about St. Benedict

St. Benedict is well-known as the father of Western Monasticism, developing his Rule for how abbots, monks, and monasteries operate. The St. Benedict medal is well-known as well, often incorporated into crucifixes and welcome signs for Catholic homes, due to its long history of warding off evil spirits. (It's not to be thought of as a "good luck charm" or "talisman", however. That's against Catholic teaching as well as scripture.

What's not as well-known is that St. Benedict was responsible for many incredible miracles. Several of them can be found in our St. Benedict Prayer Journal. Here's one:

One day St. Benedict had joined his monks to work in the fields. A countryman came to the gate of the abbey with the body of his dead son, seeking St. Benedict. When he was told that St. Benedict was out in the field, the man left the boy’s body at the gate and ran out to find St. Benedict. When he found him and the other monks, the man begged St. Benedict to bring his boy back to life. St. Benedict initially refused, saying, “Away my good brethren, away. Such miracles are not for us to work, but for the blessed Apostles. Why will you lay such a burden upon me as my weakness cannot bear?” The man continued to press St. Benedict to bring his son back to life. After returning to the abbey, St. Benedict laid prostrate on the ground and prayed, “Behold not, O Lord, my sins, but the faith of this man, that desires to have his son raised to life, and restore that soul to the body which Thou hast taken away.” The boy’s body began to tremble, then St. Benedict grasped the boy’s hand and helped him to his feet.

 


The St. Benedict Prayer Journal contains a brief biography of St. Benedict, The Rule of St. Benedict
For Daily Living, the Litany to St. Benedict, prayers, novenas, quotes, classical artwork, and journal pages. It's $11.99, available here.

Now Available: St. Ignatius Retreat Journal & Devotional

Another saint who is celebrated in July is St. Ignatius of Loyola, who's feast day is July 31st. Our new St. Ignatius Retreat Journal and Devotional is perfect for not just celebrating the feast day of the founder of the Society of Jesus, but for anyone preparing for an Ignatian silent retreat and anyone who wants to go beyond the Spiritual Exercises and into the world. Readers will:

  • Learn about the man behind the Spiritual Exercises by reading a short biography of St. Ignatius of Loyola
  • Prepare for an Ignatian retreat with an overview of the Spiritual Exercises
  • Understand the idea, the end, the object, and the effect of the Spiritual Exercises
  • Journal their retreat experience in lined journal pages
After a retreat, readers will benefit from:
  • The Ignatian discernment of spirits
  • St. Ignatius’ instructions on spiritual warfare
  • Letters, instructions, and meditations by St. Ignatius
  • Prayers and novenas
  • The litany to St. Ignatius
Beautifully illustrated with classical artwork, this retreat journal and devotional will be a resource for years to come.
Buy Now - Just $14.95

Rosary roundup: a special Rosary set for a special couple

I love making Rosaries, I really do. Most important to me is to make them something that people want to hold. As I tell my kids: "An unprayed Rosary is just a bunch of beads in a drawer, and the first step to praying the Rosary is to hold it." There's something great about the feel and the sound of a good Rosary, and I aim to deliver that in every Rosary I make.

This is one of my latest:


My Aunt Rosemary called me a few months back and asked if I could make a custom wedding set for my cousin's daughter and her groom. I put together a few ideas and after texting some options to her, we decided on this 8mm design. Both feature pewter Crucifix and center, and Preciosa fire-polished Czech glass clear Ave's and red first Pater on the drop. The bride's has Preciosa white Ave's and faceted hematite Paters for the decades, and the groom's is the inverse of the bride's, with hematite Ave's and Preciosa white Paters. I used heavy-gauge wire eye pins and chain to ensure these will last them a lifetime. To finish the set, I stained and varnished a wooden box big enough to hold the Rosaries as well as any other sacramentals and prayer cards they might get over the years. (I also threw in a Holy Family prayer card for good measure.)

As Divine Providence would have it, Justin & Challon were wed on June 24th, the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. May they enjoy many years of the blessings of the Sacred Heart!
 
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Christus Vincit!
- Mike
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