Commentary for Benedictine Oblates Quotes

“very great importance, for it influences our sleep and influences the morrow. It is quite possible for us to consecrate to God even the unconscious moments of slumber. Our last thought is like a seed entrusted silently to the earth: Terra ultro fructificat (The earth gives fruit of itself); while it fades away, its blessed influence sinks slowly into our souls, impregnates them and permeates the whole.”
― G.A. Simon, Commentary for Benedictine Oblates: On the Rule of St. Benedict

“The point is that teaching bears little fruit without example. Holiness by itself is one of the most effective of teachings. We do good far more by what we are than by what we say. “Without good example,” says Pere Emmanuel, 229 “the priest can neither act nor speak usefully for souls. He must do good in order to deserve to be the man of God with respect to souls; he must do good in order to have the right to teach the good to others.”
― G.A. Simon, Commentary for Benedictine Oblates: On the Rule of St. Benedict

“Let us recall that in the first degree of humility our holy Father put us in the presence of God. He wanted us to be permeated with that presence and to make it as habitual as possible. We know that in fact God does not leave us: “we believe that the divine presence is everywhere.” His look is not a glance from afar; it is a penetrating and attentive look, which extends to good and bad actions alike.”
― G.A. Simon, Commentary for Benedictine Oblates: On the Rule of St. Benedict