Suggested Reading

The Rule of Benedict

  • RB 1980: The Rule of Saint Benedict in English
    Timothy Fry, OSB
    Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1981

  • Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict
    Esther De Waal
    Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1984

  • Recommended Chapters from the Rule of Saint Benedict

    • Prologue to the Rule of Saint Benedict

    • Chapter 5: Obedience

    • Chapter 7: Humility

    • Chapter 53: The Reception of Guests

    • Chapter 64: Election of an Abbot

    • Chapter 72: Good Zeal

Benedictine Spirituality 

  • Benedict of Nursia: His Message for Today
    Anselm Grun, OSB
    Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2006  

  • The Love of Learning and the Desire for God: A Study of Monastic Culture
    Jean LeClerq, OSB
    New York: Fordham University Press, 1961

  • Monastic Practices
    Charles Cummings, OCSO
    Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 1986

  • The Art of Lectio Divina

    Fr. Luke Dysinger, O.S.B.