What a simple yet challenging idea. Sr. Joan's capacity to see and understand the wisdom threaded so Gracefully through the Rule is both a joy and a precious gift. That a chapter devoted to the offering of children to the monastery could offer us so much today is a clear and present indication that Sr. Joan hears and reflects His word and widom through-out her writing.
Benedict, is dedicated to the spirituality of the long haul--a spirituality focused on simplicity, community, and equality. Sr. Joan and Benedict insist that we complete in faith what we began in enthusism--true to ourselves--and become what we said we would be.
All too often, we hear and respond to today's call to accomodate what might seem to be the more sensible, the more reasonable, the easier course of life and living--the self-sufficiency that frees us from the overwhelming value of the smelting effects of commuinity.
Do not give in--prevail.
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