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X-WR-CALDESC:<i>Truly\, we are forbidden to do our own will\, for scripture
  tells us: 'Turn away from your desires (Sir 18:30).' And in prayer too we
  ask that God's 'will be done ' in us (Mt 6:10). We are rightly taught not
  to do our own will\, since we dread what scripture says: 'There are ways 
 which some call right that in the end plunge into the depths of hell (Prv 
 16:25).' Moreover\, we fear what is said of those who ignore this: 'They a
 re corrupt and have become depraved in their desires (Ps 14:1).'</i>\n\nAs
  for the desires of the body\, we must believe that God is always with us\
 , for 'All my desires are known to you (Ps 38:10)\,' as the prophet tells 
 God. We must then be on guard against any base desire\, because death is s
 tationed near the gateway of pleasure. For this reason Scripture warns us\
 , 'Pursue not your lusts (Sir 18:30).'\n\nBenedict makes two points clearl
 y: First\, we are capable of choosing for God in life. We are not trapped 
 by an essential weakness that makes God knowable but not possible. Second\
 , we are more than the body. Choosing God means having to concentrate on n
 ourishing the soul rather than on sating the flesh\, not because the flesh
  is bad but because the flesh is not enough to make the human fully human.
  To give ourselves entirely to the pleasures of the body may close us to b
 eauties known only to the soul.\n\nHumility lies in knowing who we are and
  what our lives are meant to garner. The irony of humility is that\, if we
  have it\, we know we are made for greatness\, we are made for God.
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DESCRIPTION:<i>Truly\, we are forbidden to do our own will\, for scripture 
 tells us: 'Turn away from your desires (Sir 18:30).' And in prayer too we 
 ask that God's 'will be done ' in us (Mt 6:10). We are rightly taught not 
 to do our own will\, since we dread what scripture says: 'There are ways w
 hich some call right that in the end plunge into the depths of hell (Prv 1
 6:25).' Moreover\, we fear what is said of those who ignore this: 'They ar
 e corrupt and have become depraved in their desires (Ps 14:1).'</i>\n\nAs 
 for the desires of the body\, we must believe that God is always with us\,
  for 'All my desires are known to you (Ps 38:10)\,' as the prophet tells G
 od. We must then be on guard against any base desire\, because death is st
 ationed near the gateway of pleasure. For this reason Scripture warns us\,
  'Pursue not your lusts (Sir 18:30).'\n\nBenedict makes two points clearly
 : First\, we are capable of choosing for God in life. We are not trapped b
 y an essential weakness that makes God knowable but not possible. Second\,
  we are more than the body. Choosing God means having to concentrate on no
 urishing the soul rather than on sating the flesh\, not because the flesh 
 is bad but because the flesh is not enough to make the human fully human. 
 To give ourselves entirely to the pleasures of the body may close us to be
 auties known only to the soul.\n\nHumility lies in knowing who we are and 
 what our lives are meant to garner. The irony of humility is that\, if we 
 have it\, we know we are made for greatness\, we are made for God.
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LOCATION:Chapter 7
SUMMARY:Humility
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