WCCM Oblate Blog: Reflections from Daily Reading of the Rule of St. Benedict

WCCM Benedictine Oblates are encouraged to read a designated portion of the Rule daily, and to write a brief, personal response. I hope that this blog will support our Oblate community in this practice. Please, keep blog entries brief and in a first-person ("I") voice. Refrain from discussing, offering an opinion, or commenting on other entries. Simply consider how a particular section of the Rule is speaking to you in your present circumstances.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Chapter 32: The tools and property of the monastery

Anyone who is negligent in dealing with the monastery property or allows it to deteriorate must be corrected with a view to improvement.
(From paragraph 2 of Chapter 32 of Saint Benedict's Rule.)

Here again in Benedict's Rule I'm reminded that maintenance has its place in the contemplative vision. Everything in creation has sacramental value, I believe. Chores that don't seem "fun" may still transmit meaning and joy, if I pay attention, and in this way connect me deeper with community.

1 comment:

Roger SessionsJuly 10, 2012 at 10:19 AM
Today and yesterday's reading tell me that our possessions our not ours, they are Gods, loaned to us to do God's work.
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