Chapter 37: Care for the elderly and the young
Human nature itself is drawn to tender concern for those in the two extremes of age and youth, but the authority of the Rule should reinforce this natural instinct. (From Ch. 37 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)
Tender concern for the two extremes of age and youth is not, it seems to me, a hallmark of our contemporary culture. Listening to the mantra has helped me become more alert to the call of frailty.
Tender concern for the two extremes of age and youth is not, it seems to me, a hallmark of our contemporary culture. Listening to the mantra has helped me become more alert to the call of frailty.
In the elderly, I see wisdom. In youth, I see innocence.
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