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, November 9, 2018

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 is of the Kingdom.

1 comment:

WallyNovember 9, 2018 at 6:29 AM
Soul care:

The care I take of my kitchen, of my desk and of my body reflects the care I take of my soul, Abba. You invite me to meet you today washing the dishes, decluttering my work space, and taking my walk.
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