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  • Paperback: 96 pages
  • Publisher: Liturgical Press,U.S. (Aug 1986)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0814612725
  • ISBN-13: 978-0814612729
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.2 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Listen!, 27 Dec 2005
By Kurt Messick "FrKurt Messick" (London, SW1) - See all my reviews
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The Rule of St. Benedict is a fairly short book, pocket-sized, and only 96 pages long. It is a good example of the statement, 'good things come in small packages'. Father Timothy Fry, OSB (which stands for 'Order of St. Benedict', and is used by monastics and oblates) wrote a brief preface to the book, in which he explains that the rule is a guide of life, but not 'a rigid, brutal structure imposed legalistically'. Benedict was fully aware of human frailty, as true 1500 years ago as it is today. This frailty requires much to be done to give the person strength, and so Benedict's Rule is designed for an ever-increasing self-discipline which is supported by community worship and practice.

Benedict's Rule for life includes worship, work, study, prayer, and relaxation. Benedict's Rule requires community -- even for those who become hermits or solitaries, there is a link to the community through worship and through the Rule. No one is alone. This is an important part of the relationship of God to the world, so it is an integral part of the Rule.

Benedict's Rule was set out first in a world that was torn with warfare, economic and political upheaval, and a generally harsh physical environment. This Rule was set out to bring order to a general chaos in which people lived. This is still true today, and men and women all over the world use Benedict's 'little rule for beginners' as a basic structure for their lives.

The first word of the rule is Listen. This is perhaps the best advice for anyone looking for any guidance or rule of life. While Benedict's Rule is decidedly Christocentric and hierarchical (though not as hierarchical as much popular ideas about monastic practice would have one think), it nonetheless can give value to any reader who is looking to construct a practice for oneself.

Benedict's establishment of a monastery was in fact the establishment of a school for spirituality. In his prologue to the Rule, Benedict even states this as his intention. 'In drawing up its regulations, we hope to set down nothing harsh, nothing burdensome.' He sets forth in this brief rule a guide to individual life within community that will bring one ever closer to the divine.

Benedict explores the issues of charity, personality, integrity, and spirituality in all of his rules. From the clothing to the prayer cycle to the reception of guests, all have a purpose that fits into a larger whole, and all have positive charges and negative warnings. Benedict is especially mindful of the sin of pride, be it pride of possession, pride of person, pride of place -- he strives for equality in the community (as a recognition that all are equal before God).

Hundreds of thousands of pages have been written over the last millenium and a half on the Rule of St. Benedict, but it all comes down to this brief collection, which can be read easily in an hour, yet takes a lifetime (or perhaps more!) to master.

Open it for yourself to see what riches it may hold for you.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiration for today from the Father of Western Monasticism, 21 Mar 2009
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"Listen!" begins Benedict, writing in the 6th century to those who wish to be bound together in Christian community under his Rule, which he calls a little rule for beginners. He invites the monk to be renewed daily by the call of God to live in community, faithfully obedient to God and to abbot (who in turn must reflect he humility and self-sacrifice of Christ's leadership), seeking always a "conversatio morum", a conversion of life. Benedict's Rule formed the guidelines for western monastic life, but it speaks to us today with remarkable freshness and candour, of a way of life centred on Christ and on Biblical teaching, with a humanity that recognizes human weakness and the challenges of community life. His Rule today inspires not only monastic communities but also the Benedictine oblates, who pattern their lives on Benedict's rich wisdom as they live, attached to a monastic community, but out in the world. Parts of the Rule, dealing with matters such as the cycle of daily prayer, may be less obviously appealing, but in every chapter there is something that speaks to our own communities, whether at home, school, work or elsewhere, and which inspires us to live with renewed commitment and vigour. The Rule is truly a spiritual masterpiece and jewel.
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