{"id":9372,"date":"2026-03-20T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=9372"},"modified":"2026-03-19T15:27:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T19:27:48","slug":"transitus-of-saint-benedict-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/transitus-of-saint-benedict-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Transitus of Saint Benedict . Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"729\" height=\"536\" data-attachment-id=\"1857\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/transitus-of-st-benedict\/attachment\/death-of-st-benediy-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Death-of-St-Benediy-1.jpg?fit=729%2C536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"729,536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Death-of-St-Benediy-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Death-of-St-Benediy-1.jpg?fit=625%2C460&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Death-of-St-Benediy-1.jpg?resize=625%2C460&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Death-of-St-Benediy-1.jpg?w=729&amp;ssl=1 729w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Death-of-St-Benediy-1.jpg?resize=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Death-of-St-Benediy-1.jpg?resize=624%2C459&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Death of Saint Benedict<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>St. Gregory the Great was born during the lifetime of St. Benedict. He wrote the first account of St. Benedict. He tells us that the saint predicted his death. He had his tomb made a few days before he died and when his end came, he had himself taken to church and received communion. There he died, standing, his arms outstretched. In his death Saint Benedict conformed himself to the death of Christ, arms outstretched on the cross, as his hope was to rise with Christ to eternal life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>St. Gregory the Great wrote: \u201che gave orders for his tomb to be opened. Almost immediately, he was seized with a violent fever that rapidly wasted his remaining energy. Each day his condition grew worse until finally, on the sixth day, he had his disciples carry him into the chapel where he received the Body and Blood of our Lord to gain strength for his approaching end. Then, supporting his weakened body on the arms of his brethren, he stood with his hands raised to heaven and, as he prayed, breathed his last.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From St. Gregory the Great, Book Two of the Dialogues<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Death of Saint Benedict St. Gregory the Great was born during the lifetime of St. Benedict. He wrote the first account of St. Benedict. He tells us that the saint predicted his death. He had his tomb made a few days before he died and when his end came, he had himself taken to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[44,15,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-saints-and-blesseds","category-spiritual-practices","category-spiritual-reflections"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bfMR-2ra","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7763,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/transitus-of-saint-benedict-friday\/","url_meta":{"origin":9372,"position":0},"title":"Transitus of Saint Benedict . 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