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.

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Chapter 7: The value of humility (paragraph 5)

One who follows that way finds protection at all times from sin and vice of thought, of tongue, of hand, of foot, of self-will and of disordered sensual desire, so as to lead a life that is completely open before the scrutiny of God and his angels who watch over us from hour to hour. (From para. 5 of Ch. 7 of St Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)

Meditation teaches me what it means to to cherish a sense of awe at all times. I must have faith that such wonder will drive distractedness away, so that I will be able to lead a life that is completely open to God.

1 comment:

Melanie CondesJanuary 27, 2018 at 2:32 AM
"God is always looking at him from heaven,that his actions are everywhere visible to the divine eyesand are constantly being reported to God by the Angels." I have to see with the eyes of my heart to be able to come to terms with this reminder. Otherwise, I will always do things as I desire.
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