Chapter 49: How Lent should be observed in the monastery

Therefore we urge that all in the monastery during these holy days of Lent should look carefully at the integrity of their lives and get rid in this holy season of any thoughtless compromises which may have crept in at other times. (From para. 1 of Ch. 49 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)

Where are the gaps between who I am and what I do? When do distractions create thoughtless compromises in my life? Am I attentive to the times when compulsion overtakes patience, when being self-important overtakes being kind?