Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Listen!
Benedict says, "Listen." Pay attention to the instructions in this rule and attend to the important things in life. Let nothing go by without being open to being nourished by the inner meaning of that event in life. There is an Oriental proverb that teaches: "Take from death before it takes from thee." If we do not live life consciously, in other words, we may not be living at all.
-- Joan Chittister, O.S.B. The Rule of Benedict: Insight for the Ages
