Benedict: Life-Giving Daily Routines
Do your daily routines reinvigorate you?
Today’s Guest Blogger is: Tom Primmer, Director of Faith Formation, grades 9-12
Some people love routines and find them life-giving. Some people find routines to be daunting and the mere thought of the word “routine” is so boring that the “spice” of life just withers away. However, there is a happy medium between these two extremes. It is never healthy to live in the extremes of life. If you haven’t read the Rule of Benedict, I would encourage you to give it a try. A warning is in order, because, you may not draw practical connections to your daily life at first. But given time, you will begin to see the wisdom within the Rule.
We all practice routines on a daily basis, even if we are not aware of what they are. I think today’s reading challenges us to become aware of our routines and ask ourselves, are they life-giving? If they are not life-giving, then perhaps we need to pause, take stock, re-evaluate our routines and make changes that will breathe life into our daily moments? The good news is, the Holy Spirit of God is within us to empower us to take the small steps necessary to keep our routines focused on life-giving tasks.