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X-WR-CALDESC:<i>Place your hope in God alone. If you notice something good 
 in yourself\, give credit to God\, not to yourself\, but be certain that t
 he evil you commit is always your own and yours to acknowledge.</i>\n\nGra
 ce and goodness come from God\, the Rule insists. We are not the sole auth
 ors of our own story. What does come from us\, though\, are the decisions 
 we make in the face of the graces we receive. We can either respond to eac
 h life grace and become what we might be in every situation\, whatever the
  effort\, or we can reject the impulses that the magnate in us called good
 ness brings in favor of being less than we ought to be.\n\nIt is those dec
 isions that we must bend our lives to better.\n\n<i>Live in fear of the da
 y of judgment and have a great horror of hell. Yearn for everlasting life 
 with holy desire. Day by day remind yourself that you are going to die. Ho
 ur by hour keep careful watch over all you do\, aware that God's gaze is u
 pon you\, wherever you may be. As soon as wrongful thoughts come into your
  heart\, dash them against Christ and disclose them to your spiritual guid
 e. Guard your lips from harmful or deceptive speech.</i>\n\nMotives for th
 e spiritual life change as we change\, grow as we grow. At earlier stages 
 it is the fear of punishment that controls passions not yet spent. At a mo
 re developed stage\, it is the desire for ceaseless life that impels us. A
 t another point\, it is the shattering awareness of our own mortality that
  brings us to brave the thought of a life beyond life and its claim on us.
 \n\nWhatever the motive\, Benedict reminds us that the consciousness of Go
 d's presence\, behind us\, within us\, in front of us demands a change of 
 heart\, a change of attention from us. From now on we must think different
 ly and tell a different truth.\n\n<i>Prefer moderation in speech and speak
  no foolish chatter\, nothing just to provoke laughter\; do not love immod
 erate or boisterous laughter.</i>\n\nA Jewish proverb reads: 'Not every he
 art that laughs is cheerful' and Ben Sirach taught in Ecclesiasticus\,21:2
 0 'Fools raise their voices when they laugh\, but the wise smile quietly.'
 \n\nUnlike a culture that passionately pursues unmitigated and undisciplin
 ed bliss\, Benedict wants moderation\, balance\, control in everything. Li
 fe\, he knows\, is more than one long party. He wants a spirituality in wh
 ich people are happy but not boisterously unaware of life in all its aspec
 ts\, responsive but thoughtful\, personable but serious. He wants us to ke
 ep everything in perspective. Benedict warns us over and over again in the
  Rule not to be overtaken\, consumed\, swept up\, swallowed by anything be
 cause\, no matter how good the thing that absorbs us\, we lose other goods
  in life because of our total lack of discipline about a single part of it
 .\n\nThe Talmud writes: The Torah may be likened to two paths\, one of fir
 e\, the other of snow. Turn in one direction\,and you die of heat\; turn t
 o the other and you die of the cold. What should you do? Walk in the middl
 e. (Hagigah\, 2:1)
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DESCRIPTION:<i>Place your hope in God alone. If you notice something good i
 n yourself\, give credit to God\, not to yourself\, but be certain that th
 e evil you commit is always your own and yours to acknowledge.</i>\n\nGrac
 e and goodness come from God\, the Rule insists. We are not the sole autho
 rs of our own story. What does come from us\, though\, are the decisions w
 e make in the face of the graces we receive. We can either respond to each
  life grace and become what we might be in every situation\, whatever the 
 effort\, or we can reject the impulses that the magnate in us called goodn
 ess brings in favor of being less than we ought to be.\n\nIt is those deci
 sions that we must bend our lives to better.\n\n<i>Live in fear of the day
  of judgment and have a great horror of hell. Yearn for everlasting life w
 ith holy desire. Day by day remind yourself that you are going to die. Hou
 r by hour keep careful watch over all you do\, aware that God's gaze is up
 on you\, wherever you may be. As soon as wrongful thoughts come into your 
 heart\, dash them against Christ and disclose them to your spiritual guide
 . Guard your lips from harmful or deceptive speech.</i>\n\nMotives for the
  spiritual life change as we change\, grow as we grow. At earlier stages i
 t is the fear of punishment that controls passions not yet spent. At a mor
 e developed stage\, it is the desire for ceaseless life that impels us. At
  another point\, it is the shattering awareness of our own mortality that 
 brings us to brave the thought of a life beyond life and its claim on us.
 \n\nWhatever the motive\, Benedict reminds us that the consciousness of Go
 d's presence\, behind us\, within us\, in front of us demands a change of 
 heart\, a change of attention from us. From now on we must think different
 ly and tell a different truth.\n\n<i>Prefer moderation in speech and speak
  no foolish chatter\, nothing just to provoke laughter\; do not love immod
 erate or boisterous laughter.</i>\n\nA Jewish proverb reads: 'Not every he
 art that laughs is cheerful' and Ben Sirach taught in Ecclesiasticus\,21:2
 0 'Fools raise their voices when they laugh\, but the wise smile quietly.'
 \n\nUnlike a culture that passionately pursues unmitigated and undisciplin
 ed bliss\, Benedict wants moderation\, balance\, control in everything. Li
 fe\, he knows\, is more than one long party. He wants a spirituality in wh
 ich people are happy but not boisterously unaware of life in all its aspec
 ts\, responsive but thoughtful\, personable but serious. He wants us to ke
 ep everything in perspective. Benedict warns us over and over again in the
  Rule not to be overtaken\, consumed\, swept up\, swallowed by anything be
 cause\, no matter how good the thing that absorbs us\, we lose other goods
  in life because of our total lack of discipline about a single part of it
 .\n\nThe Talmud writes: The Torah may be likened to two paths\, one of fir
 e\, the other of snow. Turn in one direction\,and you die of heat\; turn t
 o the other and you die of the cold. What should you do? Walk in the middl
 e. (Hagigah\, 2:1)
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260521T235900
LOCATION:Chapter 4
SUMMARY:The Tools for Good Works
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