During the first year, a novice listens to the rule read through completely at three points; reading The Rule of St. Benedict: Insights for the Ages, our prayer community read through the rule three times in our first year. At the end of the year -- a year which marked the end of the commitment we had made to this study -- we discussed the desire to continue. When we met last Wednesday, we shared what this decision meant to each of us. To me it meant a recognition that I was no longer just studying St. Benedict; St. Benedict's wisdom has become about finding a way of living and being and searching. As Sr Joan says in her commentary, it's about becoming the person who will act -- even in the most stressful and dire of circumstances -- as a Christ-filled person. The discipline has become about building habits of character and conscience. So each day, I re-commit to being Christ centered.
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