The Rule of St Benedict Chapter 36
Of the sick brothers
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The care of the sick is to be put before all and above all, so that they may be served as though they are actually Christ, for he said: I was sick, and you visited me.1
Infirmorum cura ante omnia et super omnia adhibenda est, ut sicut revera Christo, ita eis serviatur, quia ipse dixit: Infirmus fui, et visitastis me.
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