Chapter 7 pt. 12
The Rule of Benedict June 6
Trailblazer. Entrepreneur. Innovator. These are the titles of aspiration in our culture and antitheses of Benedict's eighth step of humility. We must take care, as a part of a lay order that has no clear precedent, to not become a law unto ourselves. It's up to us to find those who act as our elders on this path and place our feet in their footprints.
My novitiate as a Benedictine canon is part of this process of seeking "elders". Let us hold the question together of whether the identity of a Canon Community of St. Benedict fits well at the center of our common life to the end of helping us to establish "the common Rule of the monastery."
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