Chapter 67: Those who are sent on a journey

Those who are sent on a journey should commend themselves to the prayers of all the community as well as of the superior and, at the last prayer of the work of God in the oratory, there should always be a memento of all who may be absent.

(From Ch. 67 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry OSB, 1997.)

What if every time I left the house -- to grocery shop, to chauffer kids, to rush to an appointment -- I commended myself to God, and asked to remain a member of the community of people who live each moment in the awareness of God's presence?  I think I would do my "running around" chores quite differently.