Saturday, February 3, 2018

Chapter 7: The value of humility (paragraph 14)


I was raised up high in honor, but then I was humbled and overwhelmed with confusion. (From para. 14 of Ch. 7 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry OSB, 1997.)

Confusion would be an unhappy end to the story, if I remained demoralized forever. But humbling can open my heart and cleanse me, and grace can bring me to a liberating acceptance of what is.

1 comment:

  1. "I am brought to nothing and I am without understanding" I so love this precept for this is so true and so liberating.

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