By Meditatio House London

To commit to the way of the Rule is to commit to being a gentle ascetic of the ordinary, the everyday. The Rule is submerged in the ordinary and everyday because it is in this that a commitment to each other has the best chance of becoming an ascesis (Greek: ἄσκησις, an “exercise” or a “training”) in the art of love. Love is what love does now. It is revealed in the practice of loving presence and action now. Humble acts of everyday kindness, acts that do not encourage attention on the actor, these are what grow us in love. >>> Read more here