Rule of Life (Program of Life)
Navigating the Interior Life Spiritual Dictionary
Rule of Life (Program of Life) – A specific and usually documented plan for living in accord with one’s state in life and baptismal commitments that includes principals, guidelines, and commitments that will guide each person to achieve sanctity, and in practical and concrete ways, love God and love their neighbor. A principle or regular mode of action, prescribed by one in authority, for the well-being of those who are members of a society. In this sense, the organized methods of living the evangelical counsels are called “rules”, as the Rule of St. Augustine or the Rule of St. Benedict. A rule may also be a customary standard that is not necessarily prescribed by authority, but voluntarily undertaken in order to regulate one’s conduct for more effective moral living or more effective service of others.
This Spiritual Dictionary Term is an excerpt from the Glossary of Dan’s book Navigating the Interior Life – Spiritual Direction and the Journey to God. To learn more, click here
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Art: Cover of “Navigating the Interior Life: Spiritual Direction and the Journey to God” by Dan Burke used with permission, all rights reserved.
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