Life And Miracles of St. Benedict

Thomas Merton (1915-1968), Catholic convert, Cistercian monk and hermit, poet, contemplative, social critic, and pioneer of interreligious dialogue, was a seminal figure of twentieth-century American Christianity. The one hundredth anniversary of his birth is being celebrated in 2015.

• Contents1.  The mending of a broken tray   22.  The saint overcomes a temptation of the flesh   73.  A glass pitcher is shattered by the sign of the Cross   94.  A monk is cured of wandering about during prayer   165.  At the saint's word water streams down the mountainside   186.  An iron blade is miraculously recovered from the water   197.  One of Benedict's disciples walks on the water   208.  A raven carries off a poisoned load of brad   229.  A heavy rock is lightened by the saint's prayer   2910.  Benedict's disciples imagine the kitchen is on fire   2911.  A young monk is crushed under a wall and then restored to life   3012.  Some monks disobey the Rule by eating outside the monastery   3113.  Valentinian's brother is guilty of a similar offense   3214.  King Totila's trickery fails   3415.  The saint's prophecy about King Totila   3616.  A cleric is freed from an evil spirit   3817.  Benedict foretells the destruction of his monastery   4318.  The saint is aware in spirit that a flask of wine has been stolen   4419.  A monk accepts some handkerchiefs as a present   4520.  The man of God reads a young monk's proud thoughts   4621.  A generous supply of flour is discovered in front of the abbey during a famine   4722.  Two monks learn in a vision how they are to build their monastery   4923.  After death two nuns are freed from ex-communication through the saint's offertory gift   5124.  A young monk whose body could not rest in its grave   5525.  A dragon blocks a dissatisfied monk's departure from the abbey   5626.  The cure of a leper   5727.  The miraculous discovery of some money saves an unfortunate debtor   5728.  A glass vessel strikes against the rocks without breaking   5829.  An empty cask overflows with oil   6030.  A monk is freed from an evil spirit   6031.  A glance from the saint sets a captive free   6232.  A dead boy is raised to life   6433.  Scholastic's miracle   6734.  Benedict sees the soul of his sister on its way to heaven   6935.  The whole world is gathered up before the saint's eyes, and he beholds the soul of Bishop Germanus   7036.  The Monastic Rule he wrote   7437.  Benedict's disciples are forewarned of his death   7438.  A woman is cured of insanity by stopping at the saint's cave   76