CB Silver Tone Saint Benedict Medal Hematite Bead Rosary Bracelet 7 1 2 Inch

Zinc Alloy / Hematite - 7 1/2 Inch Stretch - one size fits most Features Saint Benedict Medal - Patron of monks, kidney disease, dying people, against evil It has both a Saint Benedict Medal and a Crucifix charm A beautiful gift for anyone looking for the guidance of Saint Benedict in their lives Believed to be born around the year 480, Saint Benedict was the son to a Roman noble of Norcia and the twin to his sister, Scholastica. During the fifth century, the young Benedict was sent to Rome to finish his education as a nurse/housekeeper. The subject that dominated a young man's study then was rhetoric, the art of persuasive speaking. A successful speaker was not the one who had the best argument or conveyed the truth, but the one who used rhythm, eloquence, and technique to convince those who were listening. Saint Benedict watched in horror as the vice of untruth unraveled the lives and ethics of his companions, and fled to Rome. He gave up his inheritance to live in a small village with his nurse, when God called him beyond this quiet life to even deeper solitude. Living his time in a cave as a hermit, the Devil presented Benedict's imagination with a beautiful, tempting woman. He resisted. Benedict realized the strongest and truest foundation for the power of words was the Word of God itself: "For what page or word of the Bible is not a perfect rule for temporal life?" He had experienced the power of God's word as expressed in Scripture: "For just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to him who sows and bread to him who eats, so shall my word be that goes forth from my mouth; It shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it" (Isaiah 55:10-11).