Hello! Br. Ricky here. I’m purring because you decided to visit this page! Here you’ll find “tools” for Benedictine living. Each tool is associated with a “Mewsing on the Rule of St. Benedict.” Mewsings are articles about the Rule of St. Benedict and Benedictine spirituality. They are offered by Cloister members and novices.
This is a brand new page as of December, 2023. That’s why there aren’t lots of tools yet. But I have consulted with the Cloister and members agreed to prepare tools to help you. We want to do ALL WE CAN to encourage the practice of Benedictine ways.
We all hope that these tools will be of help. We will be adding more as time goes along.
Blessings to you.
“The sixth step of humility is that we are content with the lowest and most menial treatment, and regard ourselves as a poor and worthless worker in whatever task we are given, saying with the prophet: I am insignificant and ignorant, no better than a beast before...
Hello there, and welcome! I’m Resident Novice Sebastian Thomas. When Br. Ricky asked me to unpack the chapters on monastic travel in The Rule of St. Benedict I gave a startled mew. What feline really travels? Or even likes to travel? Our “travel” is usually just to...
“For the obedience shown to an abbot or prioress is given to God, who has said: "Whoever listens to you, listens to me" (Luke 10:16).” RB 5.15Hello and welcome. I’m Resident Novice Mickey. Br Ricky asked me to unpack RB 5.15 for the Feline Cloister novices and for...
"If you hear God's voice today, do not harden your hearts” (Ps. 95:8). Prologue 10Hello! I’m Resident Novice Little Jenny. Welcome to my article unpacking verse 10 of the Prologue. Here’s how it all began. The Woeful Reality in the Resident Novice World...
“They sleep clothed, and girded with belts or cords;but they should remove their knives,lest they accidentally cut themselves in their sleep.” RB 22.5Welcome to “What To Do About Those Dangerous Knives!” I’m Resident Novice Michael James. The human companion of...
“Idleness is the enemy of the soul. Therefore, the community members should have specified periods for manual labor as well as for prayerful reading.”RB 48.1Welcome to my article unpacking verse 1 in Chapter 48 – The Daily Manual Labor (RB 48.1) from The Rule of St....
“What, dear sisters and brothers, is more delightful than this voice of the Holy One calling to us?See how God's love shows us the way of life.” Prologue 19-20Welcome to my favorite verses in The Rule of St. Benedict – Prologue 19-20. My mew sings when I read and...
Listen carefully, my child, to my instructions, and attend to them with the ear of your heart. This is advice from one who loves you; welcome it, and faithfully put it into practice. Prologue 1Welcome to my favorite verse in the Rule – Prologue, Verse 1. I’m Novice...