Returning Three Times

Benedict understands that it is not always easy to make a committment. Sometimes a committment needs to grow on you, in a sense.

In Chapter 29 of the Rule, Benedict allows for a person to leave and ask for readmission into community as many as three times. He seems to understand that sometimes there might still be issues from the past that need to be resolved or that there might be obstacles to true growth. Benedict also realized that at some point a committment of some sort must be made--thus the limit on number of entrances to community.

Sr. Catherine