Simply Benjamin

By Enid Lanyon

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555236847
• ISBN13: 9781555236847
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Winston-Derek Pub
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A Walking Saint among us was Father Ben

This book is about life of a very humble man who was very human, very compassionate and extremely SPECIAL to our world. He had dreams of taking care of those homeless and lost and while animated he helped everyone. He would remind one of St. Francis when you'd see him coo to the birds who would gather near him as he fed them bread and seeds. He loved animals and took in strays whether feline, canine or humankind it did not matter to Fr. Ben. He'd give up his best comfortable chair or bed to house someone and make them feel at home. He fed the world and went without a lot of times because his sensitive stomach could not handle a lot. He was at death's door when ordained a priest by the Bishop. I do not believe at the time they believed he'd make it but he believed he would with the backing of the Blessed Mother Mary who he was most devoted to for helping him. He told my mother if she wanted to find something or needed a parking place to ask St. Anthony, but be sure to Thank him after. My mother with seven children would never walk far to a JC Penny's store to outfit her tribe or to a restaurant door because St. Antony lead the way. I shared this with my Protestant girlfriend who laughed and used it and she said from that time forward she Thanked St. Anthony because she was always finding the best parking spaces on crowded streets in San Diego, California. Ben touched everyones life and in his presense you knew you were with someone so special and yet he made you feel at home, like family and never judged you. He was open and loving and caring of our world. He wanted only the best and spoke of opening soup kitchens and helping those less fortunate his life was never complete without awakening each day and saying his prayers and then taking of the world without complaint. He loved life he loved it so much I believe its what took him from us. His trusting caring nature of our world got him into situations that only a saint could survive and yet in the end it must have been his time as God took him when he offered a stranger a ride. I believe and I know Fr. Benjamin would too, he would forgive the person that tied him up and left him in such a state his lungs would give out. He lived on a half a lung and in the way he was left in the end with hands tied behind him he could not catch his breath and it was only a matter of time without freedom of movement that Ben had on this earth. My mother told me when her dear friend had left this earth that only Ben in that hour of dying would be most likely thinking "Oh brother, how did I get myself into this one." and then chuckled from the actual realization of it. I know Fr. Ben had such a heart that forgiveness with him was a given. He would not think badly of the person who was unaware of placing him in danger at the moment hin his time of leaving us. I pray for that person to come forward and help the rest of us have peace as whenever I look back on this occurance in our lives it saddens this person was not

Ben Carrier Was My Friend

My sister Ruth bought me this book just last week and it is so appropriate that it brought Ben back to me during Lent. Anyone who was fortunate to have Ben in their lives should read this book and remember the man who brought great joy simply by just being. It also made me realize just how much I miss him.