The ‘Rule of St. Benedict’ makes it possible for ordinary folk to live lives of quite extraordinary value. The weak have a place to do their best. Basil Hume Read Quote
Most of the early monks were not ordained. It was the pastoral work they undertook with the faithful that, over the centuries, gradually led to the present situation in which most monks are ordained priests. Basil Hume Read Quote
It’s one thing to see the suffering and dying on the television screen and quite another to be there and experience it. You cannot look into the eyes of a starving child and yourself remain the same. Basil Hume Read Quote
When we are truly praying, then we can begin to see Christ in our neighbour; when we are really praying, we can begin to live for the Father. Basil Hume Read Quote
We are blind: we cannot see God with our senses, and our deductions from what we know or are thinking about the word of God itself – how little power they have to bring us to God! We are blind, and our eyes need the touch of our Lord’s hand to enable us at times to even see dimly. Basil Hume Read Quote
On the whole, monks do not become famous – and that is a good thing – but monasteries do – and that is an excellent thing. In other words, it is the community that matters. Basil Hume Read Quote