The rule of St. Benedict for a daily life, learning to listen to God with a discerning heart.

I'm Chris McGregor.

Faith Seeking Understanding.

Episode 40

At this stage of the journey, we turn to St. Anselm of Canterbury, a Benedictine monk,

abbot, and doctor of the church.

St. Anselm doesn't shift us toward speculation.

He deepens prayer by allowing the mind to remain faithful to what the heart already trusts.

St. Anselm is known for a single phrase that captures his whole approach,

faith seeking understanding.

He doesn't argue his way to God.

He begins from faith already received and seeks to understand it more truthfully.

This moment belongs fully within the

Benedictine tradition. The Holy Roll doesn't separate prayer from thought. It forms a life

where attention, listening, and obedience shape both heart and mind.

From the writings of St. Anselm of Canterbury.

I do not seek to understand in order to believe, but I believe in order to understand.

For I believe this also, that unless I believe, I shall not understand.

St. Anselm's clarity matters because he helps us hold together two things that are often pulled

apart.

On one side, there is the danger of treating faith as if it should never ask questions, as if

love of God required the mind to stay silent. On the other side,

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