The Charge of Weakly Souls
When a Monk Needs Time Out At Chapter today we read the appointed passage from the Holy Rule. It was Chapter XXVII, on the care...
The Rule of Saint Benedict: A School for Bishops
Are There Any Bishops Among My Readers? Saint Anselm’s pastoral qualities as a bishop surely originated in his experience as abbot of Bec. On 21...
Take me unto Thyself, O Lord
The Offering Nowhere is the Eucharistic subtext of the Rule of Saint Benedict more apparent than in Chapters 58 and 59. The entire rite of...
When anyone newly cometh to be a monk
The Reception of Brethren I am often struck at how appropriate to the circumstances and events of daily life the appointed passage of the Holy...
Of Controllers, Correctors, and Castigators
Notice the instrument of penance in Saint Benedict’s hand. It rather contrasts with the gentleness of his expression. Every occasion of presumption should be avoided...
