Note:  This is the translation of a talk given at the Centre Saint-Louis-des-Français,

in Rome, in November 1995

Scripture, school of life

The vocation of Antony, as it is described for us by Athanasius in his Life of Antony, is well known. One day the young Antony, who had been brought up in a Christian family of the church of Alexandria (or at least in the region of Alexandria), and who had therefore heard the Scriptures read since his childhood, enters the church and is particularly struck by the text of Scripture that he hears read: the story of the call of the rich young man: "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and come, follow me; you will have a treasure in heaven". (Matt. 19,21; Vit. Ant. 2)

by: Armand Veilleux, O.C.S.O

Every year the Benedictines at the Primatial Abbey of Sant'Anselmo in Rome invite the Benedictine monks and sisters of the area of Rome on the occasion of the feast of St. Benedict, and they usually ask someone to give a talk. On March 23, 1996 I was asked to speak. I spoke on various aspects of monastic life, around the theme of Communion.

Of what can one speak to an assembly of the fortissimum genus coenobitarum, except the reality that constitutes the heart of the cenobitic life, namely, communion.

La vie bénédictine comme école de communion⁽¹⁾

par: Armand Veilleux, ocso

De quoi peut-on parler à une assemblée de représentants du fortissimum genus coenobitarum, si ce n'est de la réalité même qui constitue le coeur de la vie cénobitique, à savoir la communion.

Appelés à être transformés à l'Image du Christ (2 Cor. 3,18)

Réflexions sur la formation monastique

[Cet article est d'abord paru dans le Bulletin de l'A.I.M., 1995, nº 59, pp. 14-30]