Due to scheduling conflicts the newsletter did not go out this month. There will be a meeting of all Oblates Sunday, January 17th at 3:30 in the Gallagher Room. The meeting will close with Vespers at 5:30. Novices are asked to read the chapter on “Silence” in Finding Sanctuary.
Oblates are asked to read chapter 7 on “Compassion” and the references to the Rule mentioned in the chapter. Please reflect on the following questions:
- In reference to compassion, how is the Abbot to be thought of as a Father to the monastery?
- Who is God’s loving kindness and why?
- Why should the Abbot be “loved rather than feared” (RB 64:15)?
- As an oblate, how can you put into practice the statement “ All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ, for he himself will say : ‘ I was a stranger and you welcomed me.’
