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Virgil Michel, O.S.B., and the Benedictine Influence on the CW Movement: Benedictine Influence Prominent in Catholic Worker: The Guest is Christ

January 1, 1994 by

In chapter 53 of his Rule, Benedict addresed the reception which was to be accorded guests. He reminded his monks that everyone was to be received as Christ, for on the last day each monk would be told: “I was a stranger and you welcomed me” (Mt. 25:35). All persons, without distinction, were to be… continue reading

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