February 3

Chapter 7 pt. 10

The Rule of Benedict February 3

There's an image that comes to mind when I read this passage.  It's an image of Gil, in August of 2006, the week he was appointed Vicar at St. Augustine's, in sunglasses, a baseball cap, shorts, a long-sleeved shirt, and gloves cutting back the palo verde that had grown to completely cover the church sign on College Ave.  It was well over 100 degrees that day and cloudy, and we all know how Gil feels about the %*##@ heat.  But, as the new Vicar, he didn't demand that anyone other than he brave the Summer weather and tend to the grossly neglected landscaping in front of the Parish.

I happened by that Saturday on my way somewhere important (I'm sure) and saw him out there by himself doing the work of a crew.  He didn't see me rumble by.

Benedict would have us to become people who stop and join in the work.