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X-WR-CALDESC:<i>Members who work so far away that they cannot return to the
  oratory at the proper time--and the prioress or abbot determines that is 
 the case--are to perform the Opus Dei where they are\, and kneel out of re
 verence for God.\n\nSo too\, those who have been sent on a journey are not
  to omit the prescribed hours but to observe them as best they can\, not n
 eglecting their measure of service.</i>\n\nThe Sanskrit writes: Necessity 
 changes a course but never a goal. Benedictine spirituality--flexible\, se
 nsible\, realistic at all times--sets loud\, clear goals but models a numb
 er of ways to achieve them. Perhaps there is no surer proof of Benedict's 
 awareness that spirituality is neither a formula nor a straightjacket than
  this particular chapter. Benedict values nothing more than community pray
 er\, the Opus Dei. In other chapters he organizes it minutely and schedule
 s it for seven times a day. 'Nothing\,' he writes 'is to be preferred to t
 he Work of God.' And yet\, when the ideal is confronted by the real\, Bene
 dict opts for the sanctification of the real rather than the idealization 
 of the holy. If there is work to be done at a great distance from the chap
 el\, the monastic is to see that it's done. Holiness is not an excuse to a
 void responsibility. Spirituality is not an escape from life. Spirituality
  leavens life. Spirituality is what stabilizes us in the middle of confusi
 on and gives us energy to go on doing what must be done even when the rest
  of life taxes and fatigues and separates us from our own resources.
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DESCRIPTION:<i>Members who work so far away that they cannot return to the 
 oratory at the proper time--and the prioress or abbot determines that is t
 he case--are to perform the Opus Dei where they are\, and kneel out of rev
 erence for God.\n\nSo too\, those who have been sent on a journey are not 
 to omit the prescribed hours but to observe them as best they can\, not ne
 glecting their measure of service.</i>\n\nThe Sanskrit writes: Necessity c
 hanges a course but never a goal. Benedictine spirituality--flexible\, sen
 sible\, realistic at all times--sets loud\, clear goals but models a numbe
 r of ways to achieve them. Perhaps there is no surer proof of Benedict's a
 wareness that spirituality is neither a formula nor a straightjacket than 
 this particular chapter. Benedict values nothing more than community praye
 r\, the Opus Dei. In other chapters he organizes it minutely and schedules
  it for seven times a day. 'Nothing\,' he writes 'is to be preferred to th
 e Work of God.' And yet\, when the ideal is confronted by the real\, Bened
 ict opts for the sanctification of the real rather than the idealization o
 f the holy. If there is work to be done at a great distance from the chape
 l\, the monastic is to see that it's done. Holiness is not an excuse to av
 oid responsibility. Spirituality is not an escape from life. Spirituality 
 leavens life. Spirituality is what stabilizes us in the middle of confusio
 n and gives us energy to go on doing what must be done even when the rest 
 of life taxes and fatigues and separates us from our own resources.
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LOCATION:Chapter 50
SUMMARY:Members Working at a Distance or Traveling
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