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.

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Chapter 18: The order for reciting the psalms (paragraphs 4-6)

After all, we read that our holy Fathers had the energy to fulfil in one single day what we in our lukewarm devotion only aspire to complete in a whole week. (From para. 6 of Ch. 18 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)

The fire of the living God can energize even my lukewarm devotion, and transform me.

1 comment:

WallyOctober 25, 2016 at 5:35 AM
"90 % of life is showing up", Benedict reminds me today. It is action that is primary, not thinking or intentions or promises, no matter how beautiful or inspiring. Simply and humbly showing up for my meditation two times a day and repeating the mantra, no matter how imperfectly, is how I connect with you, Abba.
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