Sister Irene Moeller

The longer I live the Benedictine vowed life the more I appreciate the Rule of Benedict. It is grounded in the Old and New Testaments and in Jesus, the risen Lord, and transcends both time and circumstances.

One virtue that comes to the fore in page after page, chapter after chapter, of the Rule is HOPE.

In our world, day by day and hour by hour, I see and hear from every direction a “me” attitude. Then I experience Benedict’s loving embrace through my monastic family. This gives me the impetus to cultivate an oasis of hope with all to whom I minister.

By obedience to my prioress, my Sisters and my daily companions, I experience God with and through them. Gradually, hope surfaces and I know that in my own small way I can help to overcome a culture of fear and global suffering.