– Rule of St. Benedict (Engelberg Manuscript)
Monastic Resources
A Culture of the Word
In 2008, Pope Benedict XVI gave a speech to representatives from the World of Culture at the College de Bernedine, wherein he spoke about the origins of western theology and the roots of European culture. In his address, the Pope mentioned how the monks’ search for God was linked to a culture of the word:
“Quaerere Deum: because they were Christians, this was not an expedition into a trackless wilderness, a search leading them into total darkness. God himself had provided signposts, indeed he had marked out a path which was theirs to find and to follow. This path was his word, which had been disclosed to men in the books of the sacred Scriptures. Thus, by inner necessity, the search for God demands a culture of the word.”
It is our hope that as you read and ponder upon the monastic resources below, your immersion into this culture of the word may foster your own search for God.
Writings of Monastic Fathers and Mothers
Biographies of Monastic Fathers and Mothers
Other Writings
St. John of the Cross
(1542 – 1591 A.D.)
“Counsels to a Religious”: On How to Reach Perfection
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