title: Preferring Christ: A Devotional Commentary on the Rule of Saint Benedict
author:  Norvene Vest 
description: Norvene Vest is a spiritual director, author, and workshop leader, especially known for her books on Benedictine spirituality for the common life. She is the author of several other books and the editor of two volumes about spiritual direction, Still Listening, and Tending the Holy, both available from Morehouse Publishing.
zlib_text: ## BUILDING THE BENEDICT OPTION
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  LEAH LIBRESCO
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Building the  
  Benedict Option
  
  
  A Guide to Gathering Two or Three  
  Together in His Name
  
  
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