The Prior is the paternal image of God, just as the Pope is the Vicar of Christ in the Universal Church, in the monastery the prior is the vicar of Christ in the community, thus even if we are brothers we must address the Prior reverently as "FATHER".
First Precept of the Rule state thus: " We ordain in the first place that once you be prior, who shall be elected to that office by unanimous consent of all or the greater and wiser part; to this prior all the others shall promise obedience; and having promised, endeavor to practice it faithfully, together with Chastity and Poverty.
The above statement of the rule stresses that the social unity of the order by centralizing it; and it places obedience as the center gravity of the religious life we must be mindful of the passages of the rule that says; " And everything shall be done according to his will and direction (of the prior)."
Walang komento:
Mag-post ng isang Komento