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About Benedictine Spirituality

Benedictine Spirituality

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I live in the southern part of India. I am an oblate of St.Benedict, affiliated to St.Benedict Monastery, Canyon, Texas.
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St. Benedict of Nursia was an Italian monk who founded a community of monks in the 6th century after living for three years outside of Rome as a hermit. The only existing document written by St. Benedict is a fairly modest book called the Rule of St. Benedict, an ancient writing instructing Benedictine monks in the ways in which they should govern their bodies and minds while performing the will of the Lord. The book resulted in Benedictine becoming renowned for his holiness, and the Rule became the foundation for a community of monks made up of cells of 13 monks each. Benedictine eventually left and went to an old pagan holy place called Monte Cassino, where he started the first truly Benedictine monastery.

The Rule of St. Benedict became the chief rule in Western monasticism under the Carolingians, and the Cistercians also follow the Rule. The 73 chapters of the Rule are rooted in a spirit of moderation and common sense, and they set forth the central ideas of Benedictine monasticism. The rules describe a common cause for all monks, yet they allow for the distinctiveness of the individual and each person's unique path to God. Benedictine monks choose to reject the materialism and turmoil found in the world and live ascetical lives by adhering to a strict set of basic principles.