Service and Hospitality: The Rule of Benedict on Serving the Sick
Teaching on Service and Hospitality from Benedict of Nursia: The Rule of Benedict on Serving the Sick
This is a spiritual discipline on caring for sick and infirmarian, drawing on Matthew 25:36, James 5:14 and Isaiah 58:7.
Benedict of Nursia devoted an entire chapter of his Rule to the care of the sick: "Care of the sick must rank above and before all else, so that they may truly be served as Christ, for He said: 'I was sick and you visited me,' and 'What you did for one of these least ones, you did for Me.'"…
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