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St. Benedict and His Medal: Defense Against Demonic Attacks, by Dr. R. Jared Staudt – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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Screenshot. Detail from a rendering of Saint Benedict exorcising a a demon, in "Stories from the Legend of St Benedict" (1387) by Spinello Aretino. (Image: Wikipedia)

Dr. R. Jared Staudt, Catholic World Report, July 11, 2024

R. Jared Staudt PhD, serves as Director of Content for Exodus 90 and as an instructor for the lay division of St. John Vianney Seminary. He is author of How the Eucharist Can Save Civilization (TAN), Restoring Humanity: Essays on the Evangelization of Culture (Divine Providence Press) and The Beer Option (Angelico Press), as well as editor of Renewing Catholic Schools: How to Regain a Catholic Vision in a Secular Age (Catholic Education Press). He and his wife Anne have six children and he is a Benedictine oblate.

St. Benedict has come to be recognized for the power of his actions against the enemy, alongside St. Michael, as a major protector against evil, particularly through the medal that bears his image.

Temptations in a fallen city, memories of a beautiful woman, a poisoned chalice, the attacks of an envious priest, curses from a pagan priest, a rock that won’t budge, another that falls on a young monk, a kitchen in flames, a dragon that lurks to devour a fleeing monk, threats from Gothic warlords, and the prospect of a destroyed monastery.

St. Benedict, whose feast we celebrate on July 11^th, endured constant attacks from the enemy throughout his life. The life of a monk only heightens the constant spiritual warfare we all face in the Christian life.

In fact, Benedict even had to use force to manifest his authority as abbot over his monks oppressed by the enemy, as related in Father Robert Nixon’s newly compiled and translated book The Cross and Medal of Saint Benedict: A Mystical Sign of Divine Power (TAN, 2024): ….

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Dr. R. Jared Staudt, Catholic World Report, July 11, 2024

St. Benedict has come to be recognized for the power of his actions against the enemy, alongside St. Michael, as a major protector against evil, particularly through the medal that bears his image.

St. Benedict, whose feast we celebrate on July 11th, endured constant attacks from the enemy throughout his life. The life of a monk only heightens the constant spiritual warfare we all face in the Christian life.

In fact, Benedict even had to use force to manifest his authority as abbot over his monks oppressed by the enemy, as related in Father Robert Nixon’s newly compiled and translated book The Cross and Medal of Saint Benedict: A Mystical Sign of Divine Power (TAN, 2024): ….

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St. Benedict, whose feast we celebrate on July 11^th, endured constant attacks from the enemy throughout his life. The life of a monk only heightens the constant spiritual warfare we all face in the Christian life.