This feeling for, and respect of, persons is generally one of Benedict’s distinctive traits in comparison to the Master, but it is particularly interesting that he makes it a special duty of the abbot… more →
A vow of conversationwrote 7 months ago: This feeling for, and respect of, persons is generally one of Benedict’s distinctive traits in compa … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Like their source, this section only aims at establishing the primordial necessity of the common lif … more →
wrote 8 months ago: When we have restored to Benedict’s definition the fullness of its meaning and significance, t … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Thus grace and divine love intervene as we advance in the monastic life, and lessen the initial impr … more →
wrote 9 months ago: These texts at the end of the Rule throw light on what the Master, meant by dominici scola servitii … more →
wrote 9 months ago: If the Master and Benedict, following Cassian, recognize the legitimacy of anachoresis this is preci … more →
wrote 9 months ago: At this point we cannot evade a crucial question: is this monastic ’school’ a part of th … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Monastic life then appears as the natural development of the being who is ‘renewed’ by b … more →
wrote 9 months ago: As a synonym of monasterium, which figures in the following phrase, the word scola makes the monaste … more →
wrote 9 months ago: I don’t normally watch videos online – sort of an unofficial personal rule, after all, w … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Surveying the long prologue prefixed to his Rule by Benedict, the modern reader gets a surprise. Bec … more →