Chapter 56
The Rule of Benedict December 9
I hear from this little chapter the importance of caring for the needs of the guest, the outsider, the one who does not belong. The Abbot/Abbess holds the place of Christ, and Benedict would have their behavior mirror Jesus' in this act of eating with those outside the community. We see here the (super)natural flow of spiritual formation from a disposition inward, cultivating knowledge and love of God, to a disposition outward, practicing love of neighbor.
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