The juniors, therefore, should honor their seniors, and the seniors love their juniors. In the very manner of address, let no one call another by the mere name; but let the seniors call their juniors Brothers, and the juniors call their seniors Fathers, by which is conveyed the reverence due to a father. But the Abbot, since he is believed to represent Christ, shall be called Lord and Abbot, not for any pretensions of his own but out of honor and love for Christ. Let the Abbot himself reflect on this, and show himself worthy of such an honor. And wherever the brethren meet one another the junior shall ask the senior for his blessing. When a senior passes by, a junior shall rise and give him a place to sit, nor shall the junior presume to sit with him unless his senior bid him, that it may be as was written, "In honor anticipating one another."Boys, both small and adolescent, shall keep strictly to their rank in oratory and at table. But outside of that, wherever they may be, let them be under supervision and discipline, until they come to the age of discretion.

We ought to honor one another. At the very least we should acknowledge one another.

I travel a good deal. There is a signal difference between a "tourist hotel" and a "business hotel." At a tourist hotel you are greeted by strangers in the hallways and elevators. In a business hotel there is no greeting.

It may be more stereotype than science, but I expect that the tourists who greet have arrived from a place where they are expected to acknowledge the other. I live in a place where, for about the first two miles, drivers are expected to wave to passing cars whether or not they recognize the car or driver.

The homeless remark that at least as much as some loose change, they would value being acknowledged. The greatest pain is being treated as if invisible.

It is not only the Abbot who represents Christ. "When did we see you hungry and feed you or see you thirsty and give you something to drink?" Jesus answered, "'I tell you with certainty, since you did it for one of the least important of these brothers of mine, you did it for me." (Matthew 25: 31-40)