So, brothers and sisters, we have asked the Lord who is to dwell in His tent, and we have heard His commands to anyone who would dwell there; it remains for us to fulfill those duties. Therefore we must prepare our hearts and our bodies to do battle under the holy obedience of His commands; and let us ask God that He be pleased to give us the help of His grace for anything which our nature finds hardly possible. And if we want to escape the pains of hell and attain life everlasting, then, while there is still time, while we are still in the body and are able to fulfill all these things by the light of this life, we must hasten to do now what will profit us for eternity.

The founder of Western monasticism did not despise the body.

Our body is temporary, as a tent is temporary. But just as God may dwell in the tent of visitation, so God may dwell in each of us.

To welcome God we must prepare heart and body.

Above is a modern icon of St. Benedict of Nursia. There is a story that Benedict's life was once saved by a raven that brought him food.