Weeds, spring up and thrive; but to get Wheat how much toil we must endure. The rule of Benedict treats work and lectio interchangeably. One focuses the skills of the body on the task of co-creation. The other focuses the gifts of the mind on the lessons of the heart. One without the other is not Benedictine spirituality. To get the wheat of life, we need to work at planting as well as reaping, at reaping as well as planting.
When we begin to fully appreciate the gift – the incredible gift of the mind – we cannot, but thank the creator and honor him!
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