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.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Chapter 35: Weekly servers in the kitchen and at table (paragraphs 3-4)

This will help them to serve the community at mealtime without stress and without murmuring about their lot.

(From para. 3 of Ch. 35 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry OSB, 1997.)

What can I do in my household to create conditions that encourage serving one another?

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val latonaMarch 16, 2013 at 4:17 AM
Beginning or ending their week of service in the kitchen, a prayer is said asking for God's help and thanking Him for help given. Is there anything more direct or simple than that? Do I need a course in theology or Sacred Scripture to realize that by myself I cannot do the will of God nor do it with love without His grace and gentle love?
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NonaMarch 17, 2013 at 1:13 PM
Murmuring, the grumbling and mumbling that can be so subtle and corrosive in promoting disharmony in groups, communities and families. I need to watch my tongue and actions so that I am not murmuring.
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