May 10

 Chapter 2 pt. 1

The Rule of Benedict May 10

The Prior is never to be his own counsel or authority and, in this way, holds the place of Christ who said, "not what I will, but what you will" to God, whom he called Abba (Mark 14:36).  The Prior's first task must be to listen for the will that finds its origin in God and not in himself.  This is the only way that his words can be a leaven of divine justice, or a vehicle by which God's moral rightness spreads throughout the community.