St. Benedict's teachings help us live the Gospel with each other and the world around us. Our Benedictine values come from the Rule of St. Benedict:
- Listening: To attend keenly and sensitively to the voices of all God's creation.
Listen with the ear of your heart. RB: Prologue
- Awareness of God: To seek God in the ordinary events of everyday life.
We believe that the divine presence is everywhere ... RB: 19
- Community Living: To become who we are through our relationships with others.
Your way of acting should be different from the world's way; the love of Christ must come before all else. ... Never give a hollow greeting of peace or turn away when someone needs your love. RB: 4
- Respect for Others: To respect each person regardless of distinction.
Great care and concern are to be shown in receiving poor people and pilgrims, because in them more particularly Christ is received; our very awe of the rich guarantees them special respect. RB: 53
- Hospitality: To offer warmth, tolerance and joy when welcoming others.
All guests ... are to be welcomed as Christ. RB: 53
- Dignity of Work: To appreciate the value of work as a share in God's creation.
The workshop where we are to toil faithfully at all these tasks is the enclosure of the monastery and stability in the community. RB: 4
- Stewardship: To appreciate and care lovingly for all God's creation.
Regard all utensils as if they were the sacred vessels of the altar. RB: 31
- Moderation: To be content with living simply and with finding balance in work, prayer and leisure.
All things are to be done with moderation. RB: 48
- Stability: To cultivate rootedness and a shared sense of mission.
To stand firm in one's promises. RB: 58
- Justice: To work toward justice within the monastery and the larger society.
... that in all things God may be glorified. RB: 57
- Peace: To strive for peace within our hearts, with our neighbors, and with God.
Let peace be your quest and aim. RB: Prologue
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