At Senator Ted Kennedy’s memorial service his nephew told this story about him. He said that when Kennedy was running for the Senate the first time, his opponent criticized him for having never worked a day in his life. A steel worker stopped Kennedy during his campaign and said, “I hear you have never worked a day in your life.” And Kennedy told him no, he had never really had a job and worked like most people. The steel worker replied, “I’ve worked all my life and I want you to know that you haven’t missed a thing.”
St. Benedict would never agree with the steel worker. Serving one another is the work Benedict calls us to do. This serving one another fosters love and builds up the community. If we don’t work at serving one another, we have missed the whole purpose of our Benedictine life.
Sr. Veronica, OSB
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