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.

Monday, November 30, 2015

Chapter 49: How Lent should be observed in the monastery

Saturday, November 28, 2015

Chapter 48: Daily manual labor

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Chapter 45: Mistakes in the Oratory

Monday, November 23, 2015

Chapter 44: The reconciliation of those excommunicated

Saturday, November 21, 2015

Chapter 43: Late-comers for the work of God or in the refectory

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Chapter 42: The great silence after Compline

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Chapter 41: The times for community meals

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Chapter 40: The proper amount of drink to be provided

Monday, November 16, 2015

Chapter 39: The amount of food to be made available

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Chapter 38: The weekly reader

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Chapter 37: Care for the elderly and the young

Friday, November 13, 2015

Chapter 36: The care of the sick in the monastery

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Chapter 35: Weekly servers in the kitchen

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Chapter 34: Fair provision for the needs of all

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Chapter 33: Personal possessions in the monastery

Sunday, November 8, 2015

Chapter 31: The qualities required by the cellarer

Saturday, November 7, 2015

Chapter 31: The qualities required by the cellarer

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Chapter 29: The readmission of any who leave the monastery

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Chapter 27: The superior's care for the excommunicated

Monday, November 2, 2015

Chapter 26: Unlawful association with the excommunicated

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Chapter 25: Punishment for more serious faults