Chapter 60: The admission of priests into the monastery
An ordained priest who asks to be received into the monastery should not be accepted too quickly. If, however, he shows real perseverance in his request, he must understand that, if accepted, he will be bound to observe the full discipline of the Rule and may expect no relaxations. (From para. 1 of Ch. 60 Of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)
My ego wants to set me above and apart; the Spirit wants to set me down to serve.
There are expectations. Since I have done this, acquired this, or am apart of this, then this is what should follow. Meditation takes away all that as I am beginning(?) to understand. There is only silence-no immediate answers, no programs for me to follow, no big changes, only silence. "Hey God, have things changed?" Only silence. I look forward to it, the quiet, the silence. In my heart I "know", You, God, are very much here.
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