The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 64. The Election Of An Abbot

(7) Once in office, the abbot must keep constantly in mind the nature of the burden he has receive, and remember to whom he will have, "to give an account of his stewardship," (Luke 16:2).
(8) Let him recognize that his goal must be profit for the monks, not preeminence for himself. '
(9) He ought, therefore, to be learned in divine law, so that he has a treasury of knowledge from which he can, "bring out what is new and what is old," (Matt 13:52). He must be chaste, temperate and merciful.
(10) He should always, "let mercy triumph over judgement," (Jas 2:13) so that he too may win mercy.
(11) He must hate faults but love the brothers.
(12) When he must punish them, he should use prudence and avoid extremes; otherwise, by rubbing too hard to remove the rust, he may break the vessel.
(13) He is to distrust his own frailty and remember, "not to crush the bruised reed," (Isa 42:3).
(14) By this we do not mean that he should allow faults to flourish, but rather, as we have already said, he should prune them away with prudence and love as he sees best for each individual.
(15) Let him strive to be loved rather than feared.

(16) Excitable, anxious, extreme, obstinate, jealous or over suspicious he must not be. Such a man is never at rest.
(17) Instead, he must show forethought and consideration in his orders, and whether the task he assigns concerns God or the world, he should be discerning and moderate,
(18) bering in mind the discretion of holy Jacob, who said, "If I drive my flocks too hard, they will all die in a single day," (Gen 33:13).
(19) Therefore, drawing on this and other examples of discretion, the mother of virtues, he must so arrange everything that the strong have something to yearn for and the weak nothing to run from.

(20) He must, above all, keep this rule in every particular,
(21) so that when he has ministered well he will hear from the Lord what that good servant heard who gave his fellow servants grain at the proper time,
(22) "I tell you solemnly," he said, "he sets him over all his possessions," (Matt 24:47).

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