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A School for the Lord’s Service: A Meditation on the Rule of St. Benedict
July 25, 2021 @ 8:30 pm - 9:30 pm
A webinar lecture with Fr. Peter Verhalen (Abbot, Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey).
Written for monks living in Italy almost 1600 years ago, The Rule of St. Benedict is remarkable for its wisdom, its discretion, and its clarity. St. Benedict draws on Scripture and the theological tradition that preceded him to craft a text that combines both detailed prescriptions for daily life in a monastery and the principles of a spiritual theology. All these prescriptions and theological principles he sees as foundation of a School for the Lord’s Service. In this webinar we will look at several elements of that “school” that guide any Christian to “run along the path of God’s commandments, our hearts overflowing wit the inexpressible delight of love” (Rule of St. Benedict, Prologue 49).
Free and open to the public. This event will be held online through Zoom (registration required) and live-streamed to YouTube. This event is part of a summer webinar series, “Wisdom from the Heart of the Cistercian Tradition,” presented by the Lumen Christi Institute and Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey. This event and series is cosponsored by the Harvard Catholic Forum, the Nova Forum, the Saint Benedict Institute, and the Studies in Catholic Faith and Culture at the University of Dallas.
