Chapter 63 pt. 2
The Rule of Benedict December 19
This passage has much to offer us as we live out our Benedictine lives in a parish setting. The way in which we think about, talk about/to, and treat the elders in our parish is an important matter. I have been guilty of nursing grudges and speaking unkindly about some in the older generation at St. Augustine's. I hear from this passage that it is mine to lay aside my own sense of entitlement and/or rightness in the face of the inevitable conflicts of interest that will arise in a multi-generational community. Let us practice deference and gracious concern for the best interest of our elders.
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