We are in Week 12 of our examination of Benedict of Nursia’s rules for Christian formation, and this is the second week of us looking at rules taken directly from the Beatitudes.  The Beatitudes are a series of “blessed be” statements found in Matthew 5, and the term...

For the next two weeks, we will be looking at rules taken directly from the Beatitudes.  The Beatitudes are a series of “blessed be” statements found in Matthew 5, and the term comes from the Latin beatus, which means “blessed or happy.” This week we’ll look at Rule...

This week, we continue down our exploration of Benedict of Nursia’s rules for Christian formation. In this age of seemingly ever-increasing anger and frustration, we need the reminder of the ancient path that is found in Rules 4.22-23: Deal daily with anger.  To view...