A Marker Along the Way

I took a glance at Esther de Waal's Seeking God, The Way of St. Benedict, and thought this little comment from her Intro (p. 13) was a good reminder to all of us:

I have one hope in writing this book and that is that it may serve as a first step to an encounter with the Benedictine Way, for reading about it is no substitute for living it.

Reading about it is no substitute for living it....well, amen, and amen, to that, sister! In all our studies and all our reading, amen to that!