Chapter 4: Guidelines for Christian and monastic good practice (paragraphs 9-13)

You should take delight in sacred reading and in often turning generously toward prayer. (From para. 9 of Ch. 4 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)

I contrast this "generous turn" of which St. Benedict speaks with the small, tight, and grudging experience of my heart when I dwell in worries or daydreams. Meditation brings me back to the generous turn.