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X-WR-CALDESC:<i>The fifth step of humility is that we do not conceal from t
 he abbot or prioress any sinful thoughts entering our hearts\, or any wron
 gs committed in secret\, but rather confess them humbly. Concerning this\,
  scripture exhorts us: 'Make known your way to the Holy One and hope in Go
 d (Ps 37:5).' And again\, 'Confess to the Holy One\, for goodness and merc
 y endure forever (Ps 106:1\;Ps 118:1).'So too the prophet: 'To you I have 
 acknowledged my offense\; my faults I have not concealed. I have said: Aga
 inst myself I will report my faults to you\, and you have forgiven the wic
 kedness of my heart (Ps 32:5).'</i>\n\nThe fifth rung of the ladder of hum
 ility is an unadorned and disarming one: Self-revelation\, Benedict says\,
  is necessary to growth. Going through the motions of religion is simply n
 ot sufficient. No\, the Benedictine heart\, the spiritual heart\, is a hea
 rt that has exposed itself and all its weaknesses and all of its pain and 
 all of its struggles to the one who has the insight\, the discernment\, th
 e care to call us out of our worst selves to the heights to which we aspir
 e.\n\nThe struggles we hide\, psychologists tell us\, are the struggles th
 at consume us. Benedict's instruction\, centuries before an entire body of
  research arose to confirm it\, is that we must cease to wear our masks\, 
 stop pretending to be perfect and accept the graces of growth that can com
 e to us from the wise and gentle hearts of people of quality around us.\n
 \nHumility such as this gives us energy to face the world. Once we ourselv
 es admit what we are\, what other criticism can possibly demean us or undo
  us or diminish us? Once we know who we are\, all the delusions of grandeu
 r\, all the righteousness that's in us dies and we come to peace with the 
 world.
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DESCRIPTION:<i>The fifth step of humility is that we do not conceal from th
 e abbot or prioress any sinful thoughts entering our hearts\, or any wrong
 s committed in secret\, but rather confess them humbly. Concerning this\, 
 scripture exhorts us: 'Make known your way to the Holy One and hope in God
  (Ps 37:5).' And again\, 'Confess to the Holy One\, for goodness and mercy
  endure forever (Ps 106:1\;Ps 118:1).'So too the prophet: 'To you I have a
 cknowledged my offense\; my faults I have not concealed. I have said: Agai
 nst myself I will report my faults to you\, and you have forgiven the wick
 edness of my heart (Ps 32:5).'</i>\n\nThe fifth rung of the ladder of humi
 lity is an unadorned and disarming one: Self-revelation\, Benedict says\, 
 is necessary to growth. Going through the motions of religion is simply no
 t sufficient. No\, the Benedictine heart\, the spiritual heart\, is a hear
 t that has exposed itself and all its weaknesses and all of its pain and a
 ll of its struggles to the one who has the insight\, the discernment\, the
  care to call us out of our worst selves to the heights to which we aspire
 .\n\nThe struggles we hide\, psychologists tell us\, are the struggles tha
 t consume us. Benedict's instruction\, centuries before an entire body of 
 research arose to confirm it\, is that we must cease to wear our masks\, s
 top pretending to be perfect and accept the graces of growth that can come
  to us from the wise and gentle hearts of people of quality around us.\n\n
 Humility such as this gives us energy to face the world. Once we ourselves
  admit what we are\, what other criticism can possibly demean us or undo u
 s or diminish us? Once we know who we are\, all the delusions of grandeur\
 , all the righteousness that's in us dies and we come to peace with the wo
 rld.
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LOCATION:Chapter 7
SUMMARY:Humility
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