Essential Monastic Wisdom Quotes

“Reading was closely connected with eating; it was food for the soul. As food nourished physical life, reading nourished prayer. Hence, public reading during meals is a very ancient monastic custom. The reading that the members of a community heard in common, at meals and at other times, helped give them their unique culture.”
― Hugh Feiss, Essential Monastic Wisdom: Writings on the Contemplative Life