Monday, August 4, 2014

Chapter 56: The table for the superior and community guests


The superior's table should always be with the guests and pilgrims. (From Ch. 56 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)

For me, this is a beautiful metaphor for expansion of being -- keeping the highest in me accessible to what is the highest in others, especially in grace-filled and unexpected ways.

1 comment:

  1. Benedict’s “little rule for beginners” applies to abbots, too. Here it reminds me to open my arms and my heart, bypass my self-centered preoccupations and behaviors, be hospitable, welcoming, to all I meet today.

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