We are invited....

 --To pay attention to what is important in our lives.--

In Benedict's day, the monastic was provide with everything they needed.  Private ownership was a vice not to be tolerated.  Today, each of us are invited to pay attention to what we really need to live the sacred life to which all of us are called.

Sr. Joan recognizes this by reminding us that when we are smothered by things we become truly blind to those things that are important to us and those whom we love and for whom we are called to care.

Benedictine spirituality seeks to free the body so that the soul can soar.  A gift long lost in a consumer society.

It seems so simple or maybe even silly, but the key for most of us is self-control--and in community--compassion.  Benedictine spirituality is a practice that invites us to live a life where we are not the focus of our lives.  We are here to serve and listen to His word in all we do.