Category: Rule of Saint Benedict

I am always with Thee

4 June 2015

3 Feb. 4 June. 4 Oct. The sixth degree of humility is, for a monk to be contented with the meanest and worst of everything,...

Make known thy way unto the Lord (VII)

3 June 2015

2 Feb. 3 June. 3 Oct. The fifth degree of humility is, not to hide from one’s Abbot any of the evil thoughts that beset...

Let thy heart be comforted, and wait for the Lord

2 June 2015

1 Feb. 2 June. 2 Oct. The fourth degree of humility is, that if in this very obedience hard and contrary things, nay even injuries,...

Let us walk in His paths (Prologue IV)

7 May 2015

4 Jan. 5 May. 4 Sept. Having our loins, therefore, girded with faith and the performance of good works, let us walk in His paths...

While Ye Have the Light of Life

3 May 2015

2 Jan. 3 May. 2 Sept. Let us then at length arise, since the Scripture stirreth us up, saying: “It is time now for us...

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