Prologue to The Rule (paragraphs 1-2)
Listen, child of God, to the guidance of your teacher. Attend to the message you hear and make sure that it pierces to your heart, so that you may accept with willing freedom and fulfil by the way you live the directions that come from your loving Father.
(From para. 1 of the Prologue to Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry OSB, 1997.)
I've never before thought of the mantra as a sword that "pierces to [my] heart", but this morning that image moves me powerfully, with the pain of suffering and the selfless precision of love.
(From para. 1 of the Prologue to Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry OSB, 1997.)
I've never before thought of the mantra as a sword that "pierces to [my] heart", but this morning that image moves me powerfully, with the pain of suffering and the selfless precision of love.
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