Wednesday, June 1, 2011

June 2

Chapter 7 pt. 8

The Rule of Benedict June 2


The fourth step of humility reminds us that spiritual formation, not utopian community, is the end, or goal, of Benedict's Rule.  Community is a messy organism that can fail at every possible level, but the monastic is not thereby excused from her commitment to remain engaged and malleable to the work of the Spirit through community.

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