Historical setting: 584 C.E. Nic’s pages continue to argue the rule of God’s love against a rule to manage sprouting monks, and now Nic takes issue with flaunting humility. It’s a paradox that doesn’t slip by Nic easily. Anatase reads on, “The old monk wrote, ’There are twelve steps and yet not muchContinue reading “Post #22.6, Wednesday, July 14, 2021”
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Post #22.3, Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Eve’s garden bench Anatase chooses to continue picking through the hard words on “Page 5, The Rule” “‘First off,’ he writes, ‘The Rule tells of four kinds of monks and only the one who lives to obey the earthly offices of the church, the coenobites are the good ones.’”Continue reading “Post #22.3, Wednesday, July 7, 2021”
Post #22.2, Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Eve’s house on the River Loire This new morning we finish the chores and now find our place on the garden bench for the reading lesson. Anatase read ahead again and warns me of the dreariness of monastery stories. And again, I beg to know what has happened with myContinue reading “Post #22.2, Tuesday, July 6, 2021”
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