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"A rule of life is simply a structure in which spiritual formation is facilitated. The Latin term is regula, which does not have some of the negative connotations of the English word rule. Your own rule regulates your life the way you want it. It should be something you yearn to do. It is a tool for growth, not a pair of iron pants."

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step by step guide for developing 'YOUR OWN RULE'

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"THE ABC OF RULES OF LIFE BY PETE GREIG"

"EVERYONE NEEDS A 'RULE'. Each of us can acknowledge the need for a guide like this in his or her life."

"The Order of Celtic Benedictines is an Orthodox Anglo-Catholic religious order for men or women, married or single, living in community or living in their own homes. We like to think of ourselves as an extended family of friends seeking an intimate and interior communion of love with our Savior Jesus. "

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"Missio Dei is an urban intentional community that includes residential members (in three houses) and members who live nearbye. "

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"We are a monastery without walls, a group of individuals committed to a rule of life and a vibrant spiritual community. The Urban Abbey is located in Arlington, Virginia at St. George's Episcopal Church."

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The Mustard Seed is bearing fruit today in OMS groups around the world seeking to live authentic, relational, missional lives in Christ

"A rule of life is simply a structure in which spiritual formation is facilitated. "

"The Rule of Life Of a Hermit"

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"New Camaldoli Hermitage: Who We Are --- The community in Big Sur is situated in the rugged coastal mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean. "

"This list will be uploaded on NLFs website soon, but I thought Id give another sneak peak. As you can see, its categorized according to our Rule of Life!"

"small, sustainable communities of formation and mission..."

"While this might seem somewhat of an over-generalization, in evangelicalism there is not much distance between faith and practice. Their commitment is first to Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and to the mission He gave them to make disciples. "

"The Catholic school in Vietnam had become public after 1975, but nuns still lived in the nearby convent. When a nun came out, students eagerly surrounded her. She made them feel like she wanted to know them personally. "

"Nil or Nikolai Sorsky or Sorski- (1433-1508) was the most significant figure in the promotion of hesychasm and eremitism in early modern Russia. Though he only composed two works, modest guidelines for monks and hermits, their influence and the influence of his hermitage were instrumental in a widespread eremitic movement in Russia that persisted for centuries. "

Book: Camaldolese Extraordinary -- By Dom Jean Leclercq, Blessed Paul Giustiniani

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"Our history is one of responding to a call we believe to be from God: a call to risky living, and our Rule developed out of this life already being lived a written response to the many people who were asking - what is central to your hopes and dreams, what are the values and emphases that reflect the character and ethos of your way for living?"

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"Written about the year 400, the Rule of St. Augustine is one of the earliest guides for religious life. A short document, it is divided into eight chapters: ... "

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a personal Rule of Life

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"The Insitute for the Urban Monk is dedicated to helping individuals who want to be an urban monk. An urban monk is a man or a woman who integrates monastic practices with the daily experiences of urban life."

"THE RULE AND LIFE OF THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF THE THIRD ORDER REGULAR"

ST. ROMUALD’S BRIEF RULE

Links to many Benedictine related items --- "In the 1990s, St. Paul's Parish fell victim to changing demographics, but it refused to die. Some people didn't want to move. Some who moved away trekked back every Sunday. "

©Pete Scazzero, May 2008