Prologue to The Rule (paragraphs 1-2)
Listen, child of God, to the guidance of your teacher. Attend to the message you hear and make sure that it pierces to your heart, so that you may accept with willing freedom and fulfil by the way you live the directions that come from your loving Father. (From para. 1 of Prologue to the Rule of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)
At one moment I am a child at the feet of my teacher, and in the next a sword is piercing my heart. Allowing for the transformative power of suffering, St Benedict guides me back to my original innocence.
At one moment I am a child at the feet of my teacher, and in the next a sword is piercing my heart. Allowing for the transformative power of suffering, St Benedict guides me back to my original innocence.
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