SaintBenedict The Story of the Father of the Western Monks by Mary Fabyan Windeatt, SaintBenedict Paperback, 158 Pages, Published 1942 by Tan Books Mobipocket_Ebook ISBN-13: 978-0-89555-427-7, ISBN: 0-89555-427-5
""I have had enough of this new Abbot!" announced one of the monks at Vicovaro. "Yes, Abbot Benedict thinks we have to be always obeying those rules he set up!" agreed another. "Remember the good old days when we could each do whatever we wanted?" put in a third. "I've had enough of him too," agreed yet another. And the feeling was spreading. Although Benedict knew that the monks were no longer his friends, he never guessed how bitter th ..."
""Listen, my son, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father's advice, that by the labor of obedience you may return to Him from whom you had departed by the sloth of disobedience. To you, therefore, my words are now addressed, whoever you may be, who are renouncing your own will to do battle under the Lord Christ, the true King, and are taking up the str ..."
"From Preface - Saint Benedict lived and worked in central Italy in the first half of the sixth century. It is not until nearly fifty years after his death that we have any record of him until the dialogues of Pope St Gregory the Great. However it was certainly an appreciative one and it contains an item which is of particular interest and value to an editor of the Holy rule. (Description by http-mart)"