The Benedictines

What then, are the particular aspects-moral and intellectual-of the full Christian life that are emphasized by Benedictines in the form of the life they lead?

It is an objective form of life, sane, strong, unchanging from year to year, a life of work and liturgical prayer which can be seen and heard, lived in conditions which aim at representing all that is best in the basic family life of Christianity, aided by all human courtesies, reverences and affections. It is nothing secret or esoteri...