January 25

Chapter 7 pt. 1

The Rule of Benedict January 25

Chapter 7 on humility is the longest in the Rule.  Today's selection is a sort of introduction to the chapter wherein Father Benedict makes a case for humility as the means by which we reach our home with God, or, differently put, the means by which we become a place where God is at home.  I see Benedict's path of humility as akin to the kenotic path (self-emptying) of Jesus as described in Philippians 2.  To follow the steps along this path, or "climb" the rungs of this ladder, is the work of a lifetime, and it is in regard to such work that the Novice Master of Wisdom is a resource for our order and community.