Saint Cono lived in a family that accomplished much good, one could say that their house was a domestic church where they knew each other, they loved each other and they served the Lord. For this reason, this could be the model example for a modern family. His parents were until late age without offspring, and they felt much sorrow witnessing in the absence of children, a frustration in the purpose of their union. But they knew how to accept with courage this test that was imposed to them, without ever ceasing to pray to the Lord to have their wish granted. In their moments of anguish they did not turn to worldly ways in order to receive comfort and guidance, but instead turned always to their Lord and Pastor who possesses great pity. This was their path of encouragement: to always have hope in the heavens.

When their only son deluded their hopes by taking the path of the Cloisters, they did not oppose the will of God but instead clearly recognized Cono’s decision. They blessed him to God and left him free to follow his vocation.

Saint Cono had a radiant childhood far from temptations and the ills of sin. He was inspired by the greatest ideals of life. This he needed to germinate and accumulate his holiness and was impossible to achieve in the bustle of the world. He centered his true goals and never lost sight of them. He never let himself be tempted by worldly creatures.

Saint Cono is the messenger of many divine messages in particular one regarding his colleagues. It could be summed up in the motto, “Prayer and Work.” This forms the golden rule of his monastic order and in this he found to be the teaching steps towards his spiritual reward. Saint Cono prayed and worked and in this double application found the defense for his spiritual values of life. He did not contest anything that led to the perfection of the soul and the march of the spirit towards the Lord. They live with factors of worldly elevation and progress and for this they have everything to assail and to reject.

In our youth, fellow patriots and contemporaries of the young Saint who we love dearly, and of whom we have much hope, would receive the message “Prayer and Work” in good faith, they would know how to conform to Saint Cono who was a great and beneficial contester. Their lives would radiate in virtue and would indicate like a magnetic needle of a golden compass the right path for the future generations.