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X-WR-CALDESC:<i>On Sunday all are to be engaged in reading except those who
  have been assigned various duties. If any are so remiss and indolent that
  they are unwilling or unable to study or to read\, they are to be given s
 ome work in order that they may not be idle.\n\nThose who are sick or weak
  should be given a type of work or craft that will keep them busy without 
 overwhelming them or driving them away. The prioress or abbot must take th
 eir infirmities into account.</i>\n\nA midrash on Genesis reads: 'Weeds sp
 ring up and thrive\; but to get wheat how much toil we must endure.' The R
 ule of Benedict treats work and lectio interchangeably. One focuses the sk
 ills of the body on the task of co-creation. The other focuses the gifts o
 f the mind on the lessons of the heart. One without the other is not Bened
 ictine spirituality. To get the wheat of life we need to work at planting 
 as well as reaping\, at reaping as well as planting. And everyone in the c
 ommunity is expected to do both. For those for whom study is an impossible
  burden\, then physical labor is allowed to suffice for both but never is 
 the Benedictine mind to be left simply awash in idle emptiness. Even the s
 ick and the weak are to be given simple tasks that upbuild the house of Go
 d because\, Benedict knows\, no matter how frail\, no matter how old\, no 
 one is useless\; everyone of us is given a gift to give and a task to fulf
 ill. At every stage of our lives\, everyone of us has a sign of hope and f
 aith and love and commitment to share with the people around us. Sometimes
 \, perhaps\, it is precisely when we feel that we have least to give that 
 our gifts are needed most. The sight of a grandmother in a garden or an un
 cle on a lawn mower\, an old monastic tatting lace or a crippled young man
  lurching stiffly to the office may be just what the rest of us need to be
 gin again down our healthy but tiresome paths.
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DESCRIPTION:<i>On Sunday all are to be engaged in reading except those who 
 have been assigned various duties. If any are so remiss and indolent that 
 they are unwilling or unable to study or to read\, they are to be given so
 me work in order that they may not be idle.\n\nThose who are sick or weak 
 should be given a type of work or craft that will keep them busy without o
 verwhelming them or driving them away. The prioress or abbot must take the
 ir infirmities into account.</i>\n\nA midrash on Genesis reads: 'Weeds spr
 ing up and thrive\; but to get wheat how much toil we must endure.' The Ru
 le of Benedict treats work and lectio interchangeably. One focuses the ski
 lls of the body on the task of co-creation. The other focuses the gifts of
  the mind on the lessons of the heart. One without the other is not Benedi
 ctine spirituality. To get the wheat of life we need to work at planting a
 s well as reaping\, at reaping as well as planting. And everyone in the co
 mmunity is expected to do both. For those for whom study is an impossible 
 burden\, then physical labor is allowed to suffice for both but never is t
 he Benedictine mind to be left simply awash in idle emptiness. Even the si
 ck and the weak are to be given simple tasks that upbuild the house of God
  because\, Benedict knows\, no matter how frail\, no matter how old\, no o
 ne is useless\; everyone of us is given a gift to give and a task to fulfi
 ll. At every stage of our lives\, everyone of us has a sign of hope and fa
 ith and love and commitment to share with the people around us. Sometimes\
 , perhaps\, it is precisely when we feel that we have least to give that o
 ur gifts are needed most. The sight of a grandmother in a garden or an unc
 le on a lawn mower\, an old monastic tatting lace or a crippled young man 
 lurching stiffly to the office may be just what the rest of us need to beg
 in again down our healthy but tiresome paths.
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LOCATION:Chapter 48 continued
SUMMARY:The Daily Manual Labor
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