Rule Of St. Benedict Work Days Also His Strict Way Not To Make People Laugh
St. Benedict was born in one of the wealthiest family in Rome but decided to fore go all the luxury for the sake of serving God. As he was growing up he dedicated and committed himself to serving other, this made him to move away from Rome in order to live a monastic life. Not only was he influential to the people in the Middle Age but also he remains to be influential to the people in the world today especially among the Catholic and the Anglicans.
The following are some of the rule of St Benedict work days. He encouraged people to work hard this is because he considered idleness as the main cause of sin. Therefore not only the monks were to work but every person …show more content…
On the other hand St Benedict condemns those people who make others laugh especially if what they are saying in order for others to laugh is related to joking and the use of inappropriate words. Therefore he urged people to refrain from such activities and rather practice wise listening.
The heavy amount of work emphasized seems grueling. Manual labor daily even when I grow old would be harsh. Continual obedience to my abbot and other superiors would be hard when I don't agree with them. He gave up a bright future with rhetoric and law and instead lived poor and simply. Furthermore, he used the power of speech to influence people for Catholicism. When he lived in Monte Cassino, he destroyed a pagan temple and built a famous monastery. He brought people to Christ and brought down false gods.
In one story he gave a poor man the little oil the monastery had against his fellow monks' will, and his generosity was rewarded with overflowing oil. There were a lot of monks in this time that seemed to compete with each other for who could have more holiness and humility. Benedict warned against self satisfaction in a spiritual sense, showing true humility in that
St. Benedict was born in one of the wealthiest family in Rome but decided to fore go all the luxury for the sake of serving God. As he was growing up he dedicated and committed himself to serving other, this made him to move away from Rome in order to live a monastic life. Not only was he influential to the people in the Middle Age but also he remains to be influential to the people in the world today especially among the Catholic and the Anglicans.
The following are some of the rule of St Benedict work days. He encouraged people to work hard this is because he considered idleness as the main cause of sin. Therefore not only the monks were to work but every person …show more content…
On the other hand St Benedict condemns those people who make others laugh especially if what they are saying in order for others to laugh is related to joking and the use of inappropriate words. Therefore he urged people to refrain from such activities and rather practice wise listening.
The heavy amount of work emphasized seems grueling. Manual labor daily even when I grow old would be harsh. Continual obedience to my abbot and other superiors would be hard when I don't agree with them. He gave up a bright future with rhetoric and law and instead lived poor and simply. Furthermore, he used the power of speech to influence people for Catholicism. When he lived in Monte Cassino, he destroyed a pagan temple and built a famous monastery. He brought people to Christ and brought down false gods.
In one story he gave a poor man the little oil the monastery had against his fellow monks' will, and his generosity was rewarded with overflowing oil. There were a lot of monks in this time that seemed to compete with each other for who could have more holiness and humility. Benedict warned against self satisfaction in a spiritual sense, showing true humility in that