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Preferring Christ: A Devotional Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict

Preferring Christ: A Devotional Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict

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The Rule of St. Benedict continues to attract those who seek to live a deeper life, connected to Christ. But with such an ancient text, how can we authentically engage St. Benedict’s Rule in a manner that is true to its profound insights―and to our own spiritual journey? Norvene Vest suggests that the answer lies in the way we read the Rule. “It shouldn’t be studied like a book of regulations, or a school textbook. It should be read as lectio divina.”

This profound yet very practical volume speaks to our urgent spiritual need. People yearn for an interior life deeply rooted in God, humanly balanced, and substantially founded in the Christian heritage. Vest offers a valuable resource by rendering much more accessible the spiritual wealth of the key text of the ancient Benedictine charism. Here is the solid, balanced wisdom that has nourished and guided innumerable Christians for nearly fifteen centuries.

ISBN

0819219916 9780819219916

Publication Date

2004

Publisher

Morehouse Pub.

City

Harrisburg, PA

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | Catholic Studies | Christianity | Religion

Comments

Foreward by Dom Robert Hale, OSB Cam.
Afterward by Peter Brett, Canon Residentiary of Canterbury Cathedral
Translation of the Rule of St. Benedict by Fr. Luke Dysinger, OSB

Preferring Christ: A Devotional Commentary on the Rule of St. Benedict

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