Saturday, June 9, 2018

Chapter 7: The value of humility (paragraph 18)


We should speak gently and seriously with words that are weighty and restrained. We should be brief and reasonable in whatever we have to say and not raise our voices to insist on our own opinions. (From para. 18 of Ch. 7 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry OSB, 1997.)

My speech shouldn't express obsession with the past nor fears for the future; that's where the ego reigns. Rather, rooted in God's own time, my speech should convey an honest and open acceptance of what is.

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