“Every age and degree of understanding should have its proper measure of discipline. With regard to boys and adolescents, therefore, or those who cannot understand the seriousness of the penalty of excommunication, whenever such as these are delinquent let them be subjected to severe fasts or brought to terms by harsh beatings, that they may be cured.” ShouldMayAgeUnderstandingTermBoysDisciplineDegreesShould HaveRegardPenaltiesHarshSevereSeriousnessDelinquentsExcommunication Book:St. Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries Source: St. Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries
“And let them first pray together, that so they may associate in peace.” FirstsMayTogetherPrayingAssociates Author:Benedict of Nursia
“Listen carefully, my child, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father's advice, that by the labor of obedience you may return to Him from whom you had departed by the sloth of disobedience.” HeartMayChildrenFatherAdviceMastersReturnLaborEarsObedienceMy ChildrenDisobedienceSlothDepartedIncline Author:Benedict of Nursia
