Tag: Rule of Benedict

  • An Oblate’s Path

    A year ago this month, I spent a weekend at the Benedictine Retreat Center in Schuyler, Neb., joining with three other men on a retreat called “Experience the Life of a Monk for a Weekend.” It was an eye-opening and life-changing time for me. The monks with whom we prayed, ate, relaxed, and talked all…

  • Not Burdensome

    “The love of God consists in this: that we keep his commandments— and his commandments are not burdensome.” (1 John 5:3-4, LH) “Therefore we intent to establish a school for the Lord’s service. In drawing up its regulations, we hope to set down nothing harsh, nothing burdensome. The good of all concerned, however, may prompt…