{"product_id":"man-of-blessing","title":"Man of Blessing","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBenedict left behind a life of privilege to live in a cave and learn how to be silent. There, he also learned how to walk the way of truth and be God's friend. Set against the bloody backdrop that was Italy in mid-first-millennium, Benedict's life charts a course far different from the violent struggles of his day. In a time of war and want, this monk and abbot aimed to establish and nurture community, cultivate the wilderness, and feed the poor. He also left us his famous Rule, seventy-three short chapters that are the foundation for Western monasticism and remain a spiritual classic. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMan of Blessing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e answers these questions:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• What is in St. Benedict's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRule\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e? (A brief chapter-by-chapter summary of the rule of St. Benedict is presented.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• Why did Pope Benedict XVI choose the name \"Benedict\"?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• What other popes have taken the name Benedict?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• What were the important events in the life of St. Benedict?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• What are St. Benedict's lasting legacies?\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Paraclete press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45696426082595,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0769\/6770\/6915\/files\/9781612611624.jpg?v=1740354934","url":"https:\/\/christmissionary.com\/products\/man-of-blessing","provider":"Christ Missionary Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}