What Readers Have Said About the Book

"Jane Tomaine has packed St. Benedict's Toolbox with a wide array of background information, solid commentary on the Rule of Benedict, insightful applications, and practical exercises. A fine introduction to Benedictine spirituality." –Albert Holtz, OSB, author, Downtown Monks.

"Jane Tomaine has taken and examined the tools for building (and repairing) a spiritual life that were originally offered by St. Benedict in the sixth century, presented here for our times well. It is a guidebook that inspires us to begin again and to listen. In [her] spiritual repair manual, St. Benedict's tools for living become gentle hands to build and repair the faults along the way. Her clean-cut clarity and humor inspire and inform us to begin again." --Carol Bonomo, author, The Abbey Up the Hill: A Year in the Life of a Monastic Day-Tripper and Humble Pie: St. Benedict’s Ladder of Humility.

"Impressively comprehensive…clear and accessible, enlivened by stories and examples, and warmed by accounts of personal insights and experience.-- Regula, the newsletter of the Friends of St. Benedict, Spring 2005.