Chapter 41: The times for community meals
The principle is that the superior should manage everything so prudently that the saving work of grace may be accomplished in the community and whatever duties the community undertakes they may be carried out without any excuse for murmuring.
(From para. 1 of Ch. 41 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry OSB, 1997.)
This is my purpose as a householder: to manage everything so prudently that the saving work of grace may be accomplished in my family.
I am brought again by Benedict to be aware of everything ordinary. This is where the grass is green if I really pay attention and not over the imaginary fence to the illusion of greener grass. My eating, drinking, working, "washing my bowl"-this is where God can be found if I open my eyes. But wait, I can say this is where God can find me-at the kitchen sink, at the computer, folding the clothes, attending a meeting. If I look and listen, He is there.
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