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May 22
- To fulfil God’s commandments daily in one’s deeds.
- To love chastity.
- To hate no one.
- Not to be jealous, not to harbour envy.
- Not to love contention.
- To beware of haughtiness.
- And to respect the seniors.
- To love the juniors.
- To pray for one’s enemies in the love of Christ.
- To make peace with one’s adversary before the sun sets.
- And never to despair of God’s mercy.
These, then, are the tools of the spiritual craft. If we employ them unceasingly day and night, and return them on the Day of Judgment, our compensation from the Lord will be that wage He has promised: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
Now the workshop in which we shall diligently execute all these tasks is the enclosure of the monastery and stability in the community.
Reflection
We find here a verse which we must always carry in our hearts: ‘Never to despair of God’s mercy’. Unfortunately, each one of us has two ‘I’s, one true and one false. This means that our spirit within us is divided. The Lord desires that our body and our spirit become unified, and he will not cease to bother us because He longs for us unceasingly — even to the point of dying for us — in His desire to unite us to Himself. This is almost unbelievable! Who are we? – not much! But God finds us so lovable that He died for us on the cross….
