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)
At all times let us recall that every thing we use in this life was here before us and will be here after we are gone. This world and everything in it is on loan, entrusted to our care for our time.
John McQuiston II • Always We Begin Again: The Benedictine Way of Living (15th Anniversary Edition, Revised)
if we are to become strong enough to emancipate ourselves from the tyranny of our own cravings, we must train our constitutions by the continuous exercise of obedience to other persons and to the dictates of our circumstances.
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)
It is a good thing to deprive oneself of certain needs and comforts periodically, to fast and meditate, and to resume normal life with thanks, renewed appreciation, and joy. The material side of existence should be treated reverently as a gift from that incomprehensible source of all things, and valued as the means of daily life for ourselves and o
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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)
“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)
We must credit the good we do to the hidden foundation of good, and be grateful to serve as its medium.
John McQuiston II • Always We Begin Again: The Benedictine Way of Living (15th Anniversary Edition, Revised)
Rule may not be feasible for us, undergirding those specifics are principles that we can use. For example, we can recognize the need for a basic daily pattern that incorporates time not only for work, but also for friendship, the growth of the mind, and for meditation. We can take control of our workdays and build into them time to serve other valu
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He could not remember the exact title, but he recalled the subject and the author’s name — Esther de Waal. Later I learned that the title was Living With Contradiction: Reflections on the Rule of St. Benedict.