Sacred Vessels

Benedict's instructions for qualifying a cellarer describe a person of genuine merit, to the extent that the celler becomes a model for the community.  Someone who knows the difference between needs and desires--guiding us away from excess and indolence.

In the house of Benedict, the principles of the life live in ways no words can convey, in the people who carry them out.  The call to be what we say we believe...

Sister Joan reminds us that people in authority must also keep watch over their own souls--guarding themselves against arrogance, disinterest, unkindness, aloofness.  We are not, for the sake of efficiency, to overlook the sick, the young, the guests, and the poor.  Reminding us that we will be held accountable.

A Benedictine soul takes care of things, treating all the tools of life as sacred vessels of the altar.