‘In life and in death united in God… As their minds had always been united in God, in the same way the bodies were joined in the same sepulcher… Those who arrive today – after fifteen centuries of history – to the majestic abbey of Montecassino, will live the emotion of being before of the tomb of the Holy Brother and Sister, guides to an unbroken chain of God-seekers down through the centuries and into the future.’

In the monastery, Saint Scholastica observed the rule of silence- ‘either speak of God or keep silence, for, what in this world is so worthy of speech?’