A Penitent Blogger

Mindful of my imperfections, seeking to know Truth more deeply and to live Love more fully.

Quid sum miser tunc dicturus? Quem patronum rogaturus? Cum vix iustus sit securus?
Recordare, Iesu pie, Quod sum causa tuae viae: Ne me perdas illa die...

Thursday, November 18, 2004

"Central to the Benedictine vocation...

"are the words from the letter to the Philippians:

"Christ 'emptied Himself
and took the form of a slave....
He was known to be of human estate,
and it was thus that He humbled Himself,
obediently accepting even death,
death on a cross!'

(Phil. 2:7-8)

"St. Benedict took this humble, obedient Lamb of God as the archetype of our monastic lives, calling his own teachings a 'little rule for beginners' who are 'hastening to their heavenly homeland.' (Rule of St. Benedict 73:8)

"It is to this that the woman who desires to become a Benedictine nun grafts herself."

"The Abbey of St. Walburga is a small community of contemplative Benedictine nuns located in a valley in northern Colorado, where the high plains meet the foothills of the Rocky Mountains."

from the Abbey website www.walburga.org