Prayer and Word

The Memorial of St. Benedict, a holy, simple, powerful figure whose common sense approach to spiritual growth by integrating prayer, work and silence, shaped the culture of Europe and continues to influence the lives of Christians around the world, is a call to us to put into practice these elements of his Rule in our own lives. We work constantly and, unfortunately devote much less time to prayer, but how different would our lives be if we reversed these two. As with the custom of Marists to remember the Presence of God, we can move toward the Benedictine ideal by blending our prayer and work together. We used to pray before and after meals, we used to being a meeting or activity with a short prayer. If we have slipped away from these practices, today would be a good time, in honor of St. Benedict to retrieve them and start doing them again.
Bro. Rene
NB. I'm in Wheeling, where the Brothers do not have Wi-Fi....so slices of bread will be sporadic for a good while. I'll be back in Lawrence by July 28th...