Today’s major spiritual inquiries such as stewardship, relationships, authority, community, balance, work simplicity, prayer and psychological development are all addressed in the five-hundred-year-old classic known as The Rule of Benedict. With extraordinary vision and common sense this rule written by Benedict of Nursia, the founder of Western monasticism, guides us into a new way of seeing and living that can transform our modern world just like it did 500 years ago.

This edition presents the complete text of the Rule. It also offers practical and inspiring commentary for our lives today from Benedictine sister Joan Chittister, one of the most influential religious and spiritual leaders of our age.