The Rule of St. Benedict #2

The Kinds of Monks - Ch. 1

My second contribution to the Benedictine Thought at Action Blog was posted yesterday. To see the first installment, you can click here. This piece, written from the perspective of someone who has never read Benedict’s Rule for monks, is on chapter one — “The Kinds of Monks.”

An excerpt:

The first chapter of Benedict’s Rule makes clear who it was written for. It describes the four “kinds of monks” with an eye toward commending what a good monk looks like. Straightaway, though, one of the difficulties with the Rule – at least for me– presents itself. I am not a monk. I am a married layman. It would be contrary to my vocation to live monastically. 

So, what use is the Rule to me? 

To read the whole reflection, you can click here.