Chapter 32: The tools and property of the monastery

Anyone who is negligent in dealing with the monastery property or allows it to deteriorate must be corrected with a view to improvement. (From para. 2 of Ch. 32 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)

St. Benedict is reminding me that even household goods are shot through with grace. I'm in danger of overlooking this, and the role of goods in the life of the community, unless I care for everything as if it's of the Kingdom.