The Rule of Saint Benedict (ebook)

Argumento de The Rule of Saint Benedict (ebook)

?This advice is from a spiritual father who loves you and gives you the sort of counsel that will shape your whole life.? ?Listen, my child. I want you to put the ear of your heart to the solid ground of the master?s wisdom (what I received, I?m passing on to you). It?s advice from a spiritual father who loves you ? the sort of counsel you receive by letting it shape your whole life.? So begins the famous opening paragraph of Benedict?s Rule in Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove?s vital, new, contemporary paraphrase. The entire text of the Rule is here plus a lengthy introduction from Jonathan, and detailed explanatory notes throughout that explain difficult passages. The result is a classic re-introduced that will enliven any 21st-century expression of religious community.0