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X-WR-CALDESC:<i>First of all\, 'love God with your whole heart\, your whole
  soul and all your strength\, and love your neighbor as yourself (Mt 22:37
 -39\; Mk 12:30-31\; Lk 10:27).' Then the following: 'You are not to kill\,
  not to commit adultery\; you are not to steal nor to covet (Rom 13:9)\; y
 ou are not to bear false witness (Mt 19:18\; Mk 10:19\; Lk 18:20). You mus
 t honor everyone (1 Pt 2:17)\,' and 'never do to another what you do not w
 ant done to yourself (Tb 4:16\; Mt 7:12\;Lk 6:31).'</i>\n\nAt first glance
 \, of course\, this opening paragraph on the instruments of the spiritual 
 art seems to be a relatively standard and basic reference to a biblical de
 scription of the holy life. And that seems sound. The trouble is that it a
 lso seems strange.\n\nThe surprise is that Benedict does not call us first
  to prayer or sacrifice or devotions or asceticisms. This is\, after all\,
  a contemplative lifestyle. It is at the same time\, however\, a communal 
 lifestyle for 'that most valiant kind of monastic heart\,' who sets out to
  find the holy in the human. The call to contemplation here is the call no
 t simply to see Christ in the other but to treat the other as Christ. Bene
 dict calls us first to justice: love God\, love the other\, do no harm to 
 anyone.\n\n<i>Renounce yourself in order to follow Christ (Mt 16:24\; Lk 9
 :23)\; discipline your body (1 Cor 9:27)\;' do not pamper yourself\, but l
 ove fasting. You must relieve the lot of the poor\, 'clothe the naked\, vi
 sit the sick (Mt 25: 36)\,' and bury the dead. Go to help the troubled and
  console the sorrowing.</i>\n\nFirst\, Benedict instructs the monastic to 
 keep the commandments. Then\, in this next paragraph\, the Rule requires t
 he keeping of the corporal works of mercy. Benedictine monasticism is\, ap
 parently\, not an escape from life. This spirituality is life lived with a
 n eye on those for whom life is a terrible burden. 'Do not pamper yourself
 \,' the Rule insists. 'Relieve the lot of the poor.'\n\nThe monastic heart
  is not just to be a good heart. The monastic heart is to be good for some
 thing. It is to be engaged in the great Christian enterprise of acting for
  others in the place of God.
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DESCRIPTION:<i>First of all\, 'love God with your whole heart\, your whole 
 soul and all your strength\, and love your neighbor as yourself (Mt 22:37-
 39\; Mk 12:30-31\; Lk 10:27).' Then the following: 'You are not to kill\, 
 not to commit adultery\; you are not to steal nor to covet (Rom 13:9)\; yo
 u are not to bear false witness (Mt 19:18\; Mk 10:19\; Lk 18:20). You must
  honor everyone (1 Pt 2:17)\,' and 'never do to another what you do not wa
 nt done to yourself (Tb 4:16\; Mt 7:12\;Lk 6:31).'</i>\n\nAt first glance\
 , of course\, this opening paragraph on the instruments of the spiritual a
 rt seems to be a relatively standard and basic reference to a biblical des
 cription of the holy life. And that seems sound. The trouble is that it al
 so seems strange.\n\nThe surprise is that Benedict does not call us first 
 to prayer or sacrifice or devotions or asceticisms. This is\, after all\, 
 a contemplative lifestyle. It is at the same time\, however\, a communal l
 ifestyle for 'that most valiant kind of monastic heart\,' who sets out to 
 find the holy in the human. The call to contemplation here is the call not
  simply to see Christ in the other but to treat the other as Christ. Bened
 ict calls us first to justice: love God\, love the other\, do no harm to a
 nyone.\n\n<i>Renounce yourself in order to follow Christ (Mt 16:24\; Lk 9:
 23)\; discipline your body (1 Cor 9:27)\;' do not pamper yourself\, but lo
 ve fasting. You must relieve the lot of the poor\, 'clothe the naked\, vis
 it the sick (Mt 25: 36)\,' and bury the dead. Go to help the troubled and 
 console the sorrowing.</i>\n\nFirst\, Benedict instructs the monastic to k
 eep the commandments. Then\, in this next paragraph\, the Rule requires th
 e keeping of the corporal works of mercy. Benedictine monasticism is\, app
 arently\, not an escape from life. This spirituality is life lived with an
  eye on those for whom life is a terrible burden. 'Do not pamper yourself\
 ,' the Rule insists. 'Relieve the lot of the poor.'\n\nThe monastic heart 
 is not just to be a good heart. The monastic heart is to be good for somet
 hing. It is to be engaged in the great Christian enterprise of acting for 
 others in the place of God.
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LOCATION:Chapter 4
SUMMARY:The Tools for Good Works
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