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It is a tradition in the monastery that the Abbot present a talk to the community every week. In our community, this is done Sunday mornings after Lauds. Originally, the topics of these talks were chapters from the Old and New Testaments. Thus they came to be known as Chapter Talks. We would like to share some of Abbot Brendan's Chapter Talks with you here.
"The abbot's essential role is that of teacher. In this he reflects Christ, whose place he holds, for he too is a Teacher. Christ teaches through the Scriptures, the Rule and the abbot. Therefore the abbot is a teacher in a derivative sense, a channel for transmitting the teaching that Christ gave in the Gospel." |
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| RB 1980: The Rule of St. Benedict, Collegeville, MN: 1980, p. 364. |
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