“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
“Whenever you begin any good work you should first of all make a most pressing appeal to Christ our Lord to bring it to perfection.” ShouldFirstsChristLordPerfectionCatholicAppealsGood WorkOur Lord Author:Benedict of Nursia
“He should first show them in deeds rather than words all that is good and holy.” ShouldFirstsShowsHolyCatholicDeeds Author:Benedict of Nursia
