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 23, 2018

Chapter 43: Late-comers for the work of God or in the refectory (paragraphs 4-5)

In the refectory all must come to table together so as to offer their grace together as one community. (From para. 4 of Ch. 43 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)

"Saying grace" is not just a set of words addressed to God, but that spirit of oneness that animates a community.

1 comment:

Wally SaundersNovember 23, 2018 at 4:54 AM
Twice daily meditation “stops” nourish my spirit, my relationship with you, Abba. Regular community meal “stops” nourish my body as well as my relationship with you here present in my sister or brother.
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