Señor, ten piedad.
Duodecimo Kalendas Aprilis. Luna octava. In monte Cassino, natalis sancti Benedicti Abbatis, qui in Occidente fere collapsam monachorum disciplinam restituit ac mirifice propagavit; cuius vitam,virtutibus et miraculis gloriosam, beatus Gregorius Papa conscripsit.
Sanctus Benedictus, coenobiarcha et confessor, coelestis apud Deum Europae patronus, qui primam Regulam ad moderandam vitam monasticam in Occidente scripsit.
Beatissimo in Christo Patri Benedicto XVI, Papae Emerito, sincera melioraque vota in festo Sancti Benedicti coenobiarchae, patroni nominis eius tamquam Summun Pontificem.
But Guy had no wish to persuade or convince or to share his opinions with anyone. Even in his religion he felt no brotherhood. Often he wished that he lived in penal times when Broome had been a solitary outpost of the Faith, surrounded by aliens.
Evelyn Waugh, 'Sword of honour', 1965.
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