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.

Friday, September 26, 2014

Chapter 7: The value of humility (paragraph 4)

The first step of humility is to cherish at all times the sense of awe with which we should turn to God. It should drive forgetfulness away... (From para. 4 of Ch. 7 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)

Like the mantra does. With the gradually expanding consciousness that Jesus is in the midst of all my circumstances. And discovering redemptiveness even in tragedy.

1 comment:

Melanie CondesSeptember 28, 2014 at 4:35 AM
As one 'beautiful dot' in His beautiful creations, the only appropriate response is to be in awe and be grateful to my Creator, moment to moment.
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