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St Benedict wrote his
Rule in the light of his experience as an abbot in
Montecassino. It is a rule for monks who want to
live as the monks who came to Montecassino, in a
community, or a cenobitic life.
Much of the Rule is practical,
to help in the daily organization of the monastery:
e.g. the way we should arrange times of common prayer,
how to choose the Abbot, how to receive new members. |
But
Benedict always tries to ground his practical arrangements
in his sense of God and an understanding of Jesus.
Much is also of more obviously spiritual value, such
as advice on attitudes in prayer, on growth in humility,
on good and bad zeal in our relations with each other.
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