Category: Rule of Saint Benedict

That no one presume to strike another

CHAPTER LXX. That no one presume to strike another 28 Apr. 28 Aug. 28 Dec. Let every occasion of presumption be banished from the Monastery....

Pax vera descendit

This day is the true peace come down unto us from heaven. * This day throughout the whole world the skies drop down sweetness. V....

Of the Appointment of the Abbot (III)

22 Dec. Let him keep his own frailty ever before his eyes, and remember that the bruised reed must not be broken. And by this...