Dedicated God and the practices of the Liturgy of the Hours and monastic life, Benedictines have made signficant contributions to chant, theology and the preservation of spiritual works of literature and scholarship.  Represented here is the work of major Benedictine figures throughout the ages beginning with Pope Gregory's account of the life of Benedict.   The anthology includes writings from Veneral Bede, Romuald of Ravenna, Anselm of Canterbury, Bernard of Clairvaux, Hildegard of Bingen, Gertrud the Great, Dame Gertrude More, Blessed Columba Marmion, Raissa Maritain, Bede Griffiths, Trappist Martyrs of Tibhirine, and the Conference of Benedictine Prioresses.