Thursday, May 26, 2016

Chapter 7: The value of humility (paragraph 4)


The first step of humility is to cherish at all times the sense of awe with which we should turn to God. It should drive forgetfulness away... (From Ch. 4 of  St. Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)

"To cherish at all times the sense of awe with which we should turn to God" means that I live my life in a way pleasing to God -- not in the sense of being a "people-pleaser" (or a "god-pleaser") -- but in the sense of knowing that it is awesome divine energy coursing through my being, giving me life, and carrying me along.




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