Simplicity: Benedict of Nursia: Enough Is Enough
Teaching on Simplicity from Benedict of Nursia: Benedict of Nursia: Enough Is Enough
This is a spiritual discipline on sufficiency and contentment, drawing on 1 Timothy 6:6-8, Hebrews 13:5 and Proverbs 30:8-9.
Benedict of Nursia (d. 547) built his Rule around the principle of sufficiency -- having enough but not excess. He wrote: "We believe that for the daily meal, whether at the sixth or ninth hour, two cooked dishes will suffice at every table, and if fruit or fresh vegetables are available, a third may be added. A generous pound of bread shall suffice for the day."…
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