"This icon was ‘written’ for the Order of the Holy Cross, West Park, NY. St. Benedict's words, ‘listen my brothers...,’ speak to us today of the calling to listen to the Word of God in scripture and to the wisdom of generations of monastics who can guide us in the practical matters of a spiritual journey." – Sister Ellen Francis

Previously included in the June 20, 2006 ECVA Visual Prelude “Wisdom of God”

July 11 – Benedict of Nursia (c. 480 – c. 547), the "Patriarch of Western Monasticism"