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Dcerninghearts.com, in cooperation with the missionary benedictance of Christ the King Priory presents

the holy rule of St. Benedict,

a spiritual path for today's world with Father Mauritius Vildi.

Father Mauritius did his philosophical, theological, and doctoral studies in Rome.

Father Mauritius also serves as the prior of Saint-on-Cels studies in Rome. Father Mauritius also serves as the prior of

Saint-on-Selmos in Rome. The Holy Rule of St. Benedict, a spiritual path for today's world with Father

Mauritius Vildi. I'm your host, Chris McGregor. Father Mauritius, thanks for joining me.

Thank you for having me.

We're discussing the Holy Rule of St. Benedict, and isn't it interesting that the problems

that plague our society today are not so different than what plague the society of

St. Benedict?

That is true. That is very true.

I think the bottom line is that humans are humans.

Human being remain to be human, no matter what times you look at.

There is a number of chapters in the Holy Rule of St. Benedict that gave me a hard time,

over a long time, to understand what it really meant.

And these are the chapters 23 through 30.

These are the chapters that discuss how to deal with the faults and misdeeds of

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