Boundaries and the Benedict option

short-ben-op-bloggable-cover-554x533If you believe that the purpose of the Christian life is to grow in holiness, and to do so in community, then you have to know when the community no longer promotes holiness, but something else. And you have to know when the gap between holiness and what is taught and practiced in your local parish (or other community) is so great that you have to break communion.