Only Beginners

Are you hastening toward your heavenly home? Then with Christ's help, keep this little rule we have written for beginners. RB80.73.8

Just when I am getting to the end and can see the finish line, Benedict says that this is only the beginning. He has to be kidding!!! I have just finished going through the Rule for the third time this year--surely I'm getting close to the end.

But no, as I look toward tomorrow I know that our community will start reading from the Prologue, yet again, as we do every four months. This can seem very discouraging--doing it over and over and over again with no end in sight. It can also provide me with insight and hope for the future. I never have to worry about getting it just right--I just have to be concerned with doing the next thing. That makes life simpler.

As we begin a new reading of the Rule, may I always remember God's call to listen, be open to all and to share God's love.

Sr. Catherine, OSB