Sublime

whatever authority we hold, we hold it for the good of the entire group, not for our own sense of self.

Each of us needs a wisdom figure to walk the Way with us as well as a rule to route us.

Here, as a result of these concepts, is a prayer life grounded in faith, witness, attention, and serious study.

In monastic spirituality, then, leadership is not intent on making things right; leadership is intent on making life right.

It is so easy to love the God we do not see but it is so much more sanctifying to serve the God we learn to see in others.

the message of Benedictine spirituality is a consistent one: live life normally, live life thoughtfully, live life profoundly, live life well.

true humility is simply a measure of the self that is taken without exaggerated approval or exaggerated guilt.

The Jews, therefore, stand right at the center of the perennial attempt to give human life the dignity of a purpose.”7