December 22

Chapter 65 pt. 1

The Rule of Benedict December 22

from August:

Benedict was no stranger to the nitty gritty of institutional authority dynamics.  Clearly he had seen enough trouble around the issue of appointing a Prior that he saw fit in this passage to shed light on the primary circumstances surrounding that trouble.  But as I said in April, the root of this trouble is deeper and more basic to the human experience than the circumstances described here.  The root is self-interest attached to a position of leadership.  When leadership is exercised in the interest of the leader, it is not 
leadership in the spirit of Christ.


Fr. Rohr's thoughts about the "King" antiphon for today are worth reading:

Fr. Rohr December 22 meditation