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.
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Chapter 31: The qualities required by the cellarer
There is so much in this chapter to reflect on as a householder. For example, my attention to all the materials that I use throughout the day calls for grace. Using them carefully and gently and with control labels them as “sacred” and my diligence with them is sacred. I like that word. If I use that word with people, saying in my heart, “You are sacred”, what a difference that would make in my attitude toward everyone
There is so much in this chapter to reflect on as a householder. For example, my attention to all the materials that I use throughout the day calls for grace. Using them carefully and gently and with control labels them as “sacred” and my diligence with them is sacred. I like that word. If I use that word with people, saying in my heart, “You are sacred”, what a difference that would make in my attitude toward everyone
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