Friday, September 5, 2014

Prologue to the Rule (paragraph 6)


For that very reason also, so that we may mend our evil ways, the days of our mortal lives are allowed us as a sort of truce for improvement. (From para. 6 of Prologue to the Rule of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)

A truce in hostilities is what comes to my mind. Trust in God rather than ego-fear. Peace of mind and heart to cease struggling with life, and to accept its conditions. A truce for the heart to expand. That is what meditation is.

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  1. In your mercy, Abba, I awaken today. You gift me with one more day of life, one more “truce for improvement”. Improvement in what? What else but one more day to improve, to fall more deeply in love with you, one more day to die in moment by moment invisible, little ways, to become your little one.

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