Called to follow the good and wise

It does seem obvious that we would want to be lead only by the good and wise. However, life reveals that we frequently follow the sirens call.

Benedict recognized that if we live according to the Scriptures and choose according to the deepest and highest and greatest of human ideals and values, then life cannot fail for us whatever it struggles, whatever it's costs.

Of maybe greatest importance, it becomes clear that Benedict recognizes that we are called to do all of this within community. For it is in community ultimately that we all live, and in which we all grow-- depending on one another daily for our bread as well as our intellectual sustenance and care.