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X-WR-CALDESC:<i>Above all\, let the cellarer be humble. If goods are not av
 ailable to meet a request\, the cellarer will offer a kind word in reply\,
  for it is written: 'A kind word is better than the best gift (Sir 18:17).
 ' Cellarers should take care of all that the prioress or abbot entrusts to
  them\, and not presume to do what they have forbidden. They will provide 
 the members their allotted amount of food without any pride or delay\, les
 t they be led astray. For cellarers must remember what the scripture says 
 that person deserves 'who leads one of the little ones astray (Mt 18:6).'
 \n\nIf the community is rather large\, the cellarer should be given helper
 s\, so that with assistance it becomes possible to perform the duties of t
 he office calmly. Necessary items are to be requested and given at the pro
 per times\, so that no one may be disquieted or distressed in the house of
  God.</i>\n\nThe cellarer gets a lesson from Benedict that we all need to 
 learn sometime in life: we have a responsibility to serve others 'without 
 any pride or delay\, lest they be led astray.' It is not right\, in other 
 words\, to tax other people's nervous systems\, to try other people's virt
 ues\, to burden other people's already weary lives in order to satisfy our
  own need to be important. We don't have to lead them into anger and anxie
 ty\, frustration and despair. We don't need to keep them waiting\; we don'
 t need to argue their requests\; we don't need to count out every weight t
 o the ounce\, every bag to the gram\, every dollar to the penny. We can gi
 ve freedom and joy with every gift we give or we can give guilt and frugal
 ity. The person with a Benedictine tenor learns here to err on the side of
  largesse of spirit.
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DESCRIPTION:<i>Above all\, let the cellarer be humble. If goods are not ava
 ilable to meet a request\, the cellarer will offer a kind word in reply\, 
 for it is written: 'A kind word is better than the best gift (Sir 18:17).'
  Cellarers should take care of all that the prioress or abbot entrusts to 
 them\, and not presume to do what they have forbidden. They will provide t
 he members their allotted amount of food without any pride or delay\, lest
  they be led astray. For cellarers must remember what the scripture says t
 hat person deserves 'who leads one of the little ones astray (Mt 18:6).'\n
 \nIf the community is rather large\, the cellarer should be given helpers\
 , so that with assistance it becomes possible to perform the duties of the
  office calmly. Necessary items are to be requested and given at the prope
 r times\, so that no one may be disquieted or distressed in the house of G
 od.</i>\n\nThe cellarer gets a lesson from Benedict that we all need to le
 arn sometime in life: we have a responsibility to serve others 'without an
 y pride or delay\, lest they be led astray.' It is not right\, in other wo
 rds\, to tax other people's nervous systems\, to try other people's virtue
 s\, to burden other people's already weary lives in order to satisfy our o
 wn need to be important. We don't have to lead them into anger and anxiety
 \, frustration and despair. We don't need to keep them waiting\; we don't 
 need to argue their requests\; we don't need to count out every weight to 
 the ounce\, every bag to the gram\, every dollar to the penny. We can give
  freedom and joy with every gift we give or we can give guilt and frugalit
 y. The person with a Benedictine tenor learns here to err on the side of l
 argesse of spirit.
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LOCATION:Chapter 31
SUMMARY:Qualifications of The Monastery Cellarer
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