The Rule of Saint Benedict

  • The Rule of Saint Benedict: A Contemporary Paraphrase
    The Rule of Saint Benedict: A Contemporary Paraphrase
    By St. Benedict of Nursia

    The entire text of the Rule is here plus a lengthy introduction from Jonathan, and detailed explanatory notes throughout that explain difficult passages.

  • The Rule of Saint Benedict
    The Rule of Saint Benedict
    By Saint Benedict, Wyatt North

    The Rule of Saint Benedict

  • The Rule of Saint Benedict
    The Rule of Saint Benedict
    By St. Benedict

    Composed nearly fifteen hundred years ago by the father of Western monasticism, The Rule of St. Benedict has for centuries been the guide of religious communities.

  • The Rule of Saint Benedict
    The Rule of Saint Benedict
    By David Parry, Saint Benedict

    Fifteen centuries after it was written, the Rule of St. Benedict still provides a deep and practical spirituality that helps lay people cope with everyday problems and challenges.

  • The Rule of Saint Benedict: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition 4
    The Rule of Saint Benedict: Initiation Into the Monastic Tradition 4
    By Thomas Merton

    . . . The mainspring of everything in St. Benedict is the love of Christ 'in Himself, in the poor, in the monastic community, in the individual brethren. . . . This is the key to the monastic life and spirit.