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The abbey of Saint Sixtus of Westvleteren |
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Community life |
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| Cistercians are cenobites or community monks. This means that their relationship with God always involves availability for their fellow brothers.
This fellow brother is no obstacle on the path to God. On the contrary; he is the way along which the longing for God can be tested and purified. |
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| 'They should anticipate one another in honour.' (Rom. 12,10) Most patiently, they endure one another's infirmities, whether of body or character; vie in paying obedience one to another. No one following what he considers useful for himself, but rather what benefits another. Tender the charity of brotherhood chastely; fear God in love; love their abbot with a sincere and humble charity; prefer nothing whatever to Christ. (RB 72) | |
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