Chapter 65: The prior or prioress of the monastery (paragraphs 2-3)

We have no doubt, therefore, that it is best in the interests of preserving peace and charity that the authority for the whole administration of the monastery should rest with the abbot or abbess.

(From para. 2 of Ch. 65 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry OSB, 1997.)

It is, no doubt, in the best interests of preserving the peace and charity of my own soul that my authority, the integration of my whole being, rests in my heart.