Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Chapter 7: The value of humility (paragraph 14)


I was raised up high in honour, but then I was humbled and overwhelmed with confusion. In the end we may learn to say: it was good for me, Lord, that you humbled me so that I might learn your precepts. (From para. 14 of Ch.7 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)

I'm reassured that confusion, even suffering and grief, can be opportunities for growth. For me, being humiliated can be devastating, but I have also been graced to experience the devastation as clearing the way for love and light.

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