Chapter 2: Gifts needed by an abbot or abbess (paragraph 4)

They should not select for special treatment any individual in the monastery. (From para. 4 of Ch. 2 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)

I can't be an authentic leader committed to the welfare of others, and play favorites. My attitude must be inclusive, even when challenged, to help each person in my care to discover the love that already exists within them. Such love, in the eyes of St Benedict and Fr John, always sets another free.