Saturday, April 25, 2015

Chapter 70: The offence of striking another


Every occasion for presumptuous behaviour in a monastery must be avoided, so we insist that no one in the community may excommunicate or strike another unless given the power to do so by the superior. (From Ch. 70 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)

Presumptiveness and the desire to control flare from my ego. But my spirit moves tenderly.

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