Listen and attend with the ear of your heart.
Benedict of NursiaOra et labora.
Benedict of NursiaWhatever good work you begin to do, beg of God with most earnest prayer to perfect it.
Benedict of NursiaIdleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in devout reading.
Benedict of NursiaStichwörter: reading work idleness
The abbot ought ever to bear in mind what he is and what he is called; he ought to know that to whom more is entrusted, from him more is exacted.
Benedict of NursiaThe prophet shows that, for the sake of silence, we are to abstain even from good talk. If this be so, how much more needful is it that we refrain from evil words, on account of the penalty of the sin!
Benedict of NursiaThe first degree of humility is prompt obedience.
Benedict of NursiaFor at all times we must so serve Him with the good things He has given us, that he may not, as an angry Father, disinherit his children, nor as a dread Lord, provoked by our evil deeds, deliver us to everlasting punishment as wicked servants who refuse to follow Him to glory.
Benedict of NursiaHe should first show them in deeds rather than words all that is good and holy.
Benedict of NursiaWherefore let us consider how it behoveth us to be in the sight of God and the angels, and so let us take our part in the psalmody that mind and voice accord together.
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