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X-WR-CALDESC:<i>Those guilty of a serious fault are to be excluded from bot
 h the table and the oratory. No one in the community should associate or c
 onverse with them at all. They will work alone at the tasks assigned to th
 em\, living continually in sorrow and penance\, pondering that fearful jud
 gment of the apostle: 'Such a person is handed over for the destruction of
  the flesh that the spirit may be saved on the day of Jesus Christ (I Cor 
 5:5).' Let them take their food alone in an amount and at a time the prior
 ess or abbot considers appropriate. They should not be blessed by anyone p
 assing by\, nor should the food that is given them be blessed.</i>\n\n'The
 re is no failure except in no longer trying\,' it is said. Benedict has no
  intention of letting anyone sink to the point where the intolerable is un
 noticed and unremarked and institutionalized. Each of us is capable of bet
 raying the best in us. We cut corners in the office\, we stop cleaning the
  house\, we let the study and the reading and the praying go. We sit aroun
 d in life letting the juice turn black in us. We let the family down. We l
 et the business slide. We let our minds and souls go to straw. We fight th
 e call to growth and goodness with everything in us. We let the world carr
 y us instead of carrying our part of the world. And\, at that point\, Bene
 dict's Rule calls for the group whose life we affect to say 'Enough\,' to 
 quit bearing us up on the litter of community\, to quit rewarding our self
 ish and surly behavior with security and affirmation and a patina of holin
 ess. Excommunication\, for all practical purposes\, says 'You want to be a
  world unto yourself? Fine\, be one.'\n\nThe problem\, of course\, is that
  a human being needs help to be a human being. At our worst we seek the so
 lace of another's hand. So\, before expelling the rebellious\, Benedict is
 olates them to give them time to decide if being out of the community is r
 eally what they want\, really what they need\, really what will bring them
  happiness. It is a time for making choices all over again.\n\nIt's not a 
 bad idea to distance ourselves from what we say we do not want in order to
  discover whether the problem is actually in it or\, perhaps\, in us. Sabb
 aticals and long vacations and discernment retreats\, even going away to c
 ollege when we're young\, all can help us see our parents and our family a
 nd our function in life in a completely different way. The point of the Ru
 le is simply that we have to take intervals to explore consciously what we
  ourselves are holding back from the group that depends on us.
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DESCRIPTION:<i>Those guilty of a serious fault are to be excluded from both
  the table and the oratory. No one in the community should associate or co
 nverse with them at all. They will work alone at the tasks assigned to the
 m\, living continually in sorrow and penance\, pondering that fearful judg
 ment of the apostle: 'Such a person is handed over for the destruction of 
 the flesh that the spirit may be saved on the day of Jesus Christ (I Cor 5
 :5).' Let them take their food alone in an amount and at a time the priore
 ss or abbot considers appropriate. They should not be blessed by anyone pa
 ssing by\, nor should the food that is given them be blessed.</i>\n\n'Ther
 e is no failure except in no longer trying\,' it is said. Benedict has no 
 intention of letting anyone sink to the point where the intolerable is unn
 oticed and unremarked and institutionalized. Each of us is capable of betr
 aying the best in us. We cut corners in the office\, we stop cleaning the 
 house\, we let the study and the reading and the praying go. We sit around
  in life letting the juice turn black in us. We let the family down. We le
 t the business slide. We let our minds and souls go to straw. We fight the
  call to growth and goodness with everything in us. We let the world carry
  us instead of carrying our part of the world. And\, at that point\, Bened
 ict's Rule calls for the group whose life we affect to say 'Enough\,' to q
 uit bearing us up on the litter of community\, to quit rewarding our selfi
 sh and surly behavior with security and affirmation and a patina of holine
 ss. Excommunication\, for all practical purposes\, says 'You want to be a 
 world unto yourself? Fine\, be one.'\n\nThe problem\, of course\, is that 
 a human being needs help to be a human being. At our worst we seek the sol
 ace of another's hand. So\, before expelling the rebellious\, Benedict iso
 lates them to give them time to decide if being out of the community is re
 ally what they want\, really what they need\, really what will bring them 
 happiness. It is a time for making choices all over again.\n\nIt's not a b
 ad idea to distance ourselves from what we say we do not want in order to 
 discover whether the problem is actually in it or\, perhaps\, in us. Sabba
 ticals and long vacations and discernment retreats\, even going away to co
 llege when we're young\, all can help us see our parents and our family an
 d our function in life in a completely different way. The point of the Rul
 e is simply that we have to take intervals to explore consciously what we 
 ourselves are holding back from the group that depends on us.
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LOCATION:Chapter 25
SUMMARY:Serious Faults
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