Always We Begin Again: The Benedictine Way of Living (15th Anniversary Edition, Revised)
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Always We Begin Again: The Benedictine Way of Living (15th Anniversary Edition, Revised)
We may not use the name “God.” We may think in terms of Reality, Nature, The First Cause, The Behavior of the World, The Other, The All, The Ground of Being, The Force of Evolution, The Life Spirit, or Things As They Really Are. Each of us creates an image of the supreme mystery that feeds us, and we are always in a relationship with it.
John McQuiston II • Always We Begin Again: The Benedictine Way of Living (15th Anniversary Edition, Revised)
Let no one presume that we are more than passing shadows, created from we know not what, for a purpose we cannot understand.
John McQuiston II • Always We Begin Again: The Benedictine Way of Living (15th Anniversary Edition, Revised)
Then one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him: “Master, which is the greatest commandment in the law?” Jesus replied, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourse
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“Though I have all faith so to move mountains and have not love, I am nothing” (1 Corinthians 13:2).
John McQuiston II • Always We Begin Again: The Benedictine Way of Living (15th Anniversary Edition, Revised)
“Let us love, not in word or speech, but in truth and in action” (1 John 3:18). “The word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14).
John McQuiston II • Always We Begin Again: The Benedictine Way of Living (15th Anniversary Edition, Revised)
Putting ourselves at the center of existence isolates us. We are relational, dependent creatures, and we are not the purpose of the cosmos.
John McQuiston II • Always We Begin Again: The Benedictine Way of Living (15th Anniversary Edition, Revised)
Routine is important, but too much of it dulls. On days of special importance, our routine should be varied, but within limits, always maintaining the spirit of the daily reaffirmation of the way.
John McQuiston II • Always We Begin Again: The Benedictine Way of Living (15th Anniversary Edition, Revised)
If your sleep is untroubled, accept the rest you are given. If you are caught up with concern, meditate and pray. In the night we are most vulnerable to fear. Give thanks for your trouble, and accept that life includes trouble as well as joy. All is given out of the mystery that called us into being, and of which we are. One day a week should be a
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The Rule teaches that if we take control of our lives, if we are intentional and careful in how we spend the hours of each irreplaceable day, if we discipline ourselves to live in a balanced and thankful way, we will create from our experiences, whatever they may be, the best possible life.