When
I appealed to you, you would not listen to me. So I turned to my God
and He heard my prayer. Leave now if you can. Leave me here and go
back to your monastery.
– Saint
Scholastica to
her brother, Saint Benedict of Nursia, at what turned out to be their
last visit before her death.
Saint
Scholastica’s patronage:
Against lightning; against rain; against storms;
Benedictines; convulsive children; nuns; Le Mans, France; Monte
Cassino Abbey; school; tests; books; reading.
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