Tag: Abbot

• July 6, 2013

  Benedict’s abbot as guide

  Benedict’s abbot is a discerning man. Different means are to be employed with the undisciplined and the disciplined.  The undisciplined monks are to be reprimanded and taught by example, less by words. The disciplined, receptive to words, are to be entreated gently ‘to do better.’ Benedict’s abbot is self-integrated. His words converge with his deeds,…