By Jerry Windley-Daoust, Blog, Peanut Butter & Grace - On the other hand, the Rule of St. Benedict has been wildly successful for 1,500 years in part because St. Benedict wrote it for real people with real flaws and weaknesses. His Rule is not so much an ideal that his monks were to strive for as much as it is a guide or a help. “Are you hastening toward your heavenly home?” he asks at the conclusion of his Rule. “Then with Christ’s help, keep this little rule that we have written for beginners”...