Invitation

The great Invitation of Benedictine spirituality is not to run away from the world and its responsibilities, but to become quiet long enough and listen carefully enough to find a new sense of balance in Christ. Anne Morrow Lindbergh, in her book, Gift from the Sea says, " I cannot be a nun in the midst of family life. I would not want to be. The solution for me, surely, is neither in total renunciation of the world, not in total acceptance of it. I must find a balance somewhere, or an alternating rhythm between these two extremes: a swinging of the pendulum between solitude and communion, retreat and return. In my periods of retreat, perhaps I can learn something to carry back into my worldly life." (pg. 30)

So the Invitation goes out: Come and learn something from the Rule of Benedict to carry back into your current life situations, especially those related to personal healing. Come and experience life as a "Barefoot Soul - Alert, Awake, Grateful, and only Partially at Home"(Joan Chittster).