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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - Office for Vocations
DESCRIPTION:THE ACTIVITY \nOF ALL ACTIVITIES \nFrom “The Golden Epistle” by William of St Thierry4 \n◊◊◊ \nIn the first place then the newcomer to the desert must be taught to follow \nthe teaching of the Apostle Paul and offer up his body as a living sacrifice\, \nconsecrated to God and worthy of his acceptance\, the workshop due from him as \na rational creature. Therefore the body is to be treated strictly\, so that it will not \nrebel or grow wanton\, yet in such a way that it will be able to serve\, for it has \nbeen given to the spirit to serve it. It is not to be regarded as the purpose of life \nbut as something without which we cannot live. For we cannot break off the \nfellowship which we have with the body whenever we want\, but we must wait \npatiently for it to be broken up in a lawful way and in the meantime observe the \nconventions of a valid partnership… \nThe new monk is then to be trained to follow the common observance and \nso bring under control the inordinate desires of his flesh by continual penance \nfor his past life\, and\, in order to despise all else\, to cultivate a contempt for \nhimself. He must at all times be fortified in advance against the temptations \nwhich are more savage in their assault upon the solitary who is a novice. The \nservant of God\, who is serving God gratuitously\, is unceasingly beset by vices \nthat try to make him accept the wages they offer him in the form of pleasures. \nThis comes at the devil’s suggestion\, the flesh making its desires felt and the \nworld providing material for them. The Lord our God also tempts us\, to see \nwhether we love him or not. Not that he does not know and wishes to find out. It \nis in order that we ourselves may realize the truth more fully as a result of the \ntemptation. \nBut it is easy to overcome and meet with reason temptations which give \ngrounds for suspicion or at first sight are obviously evil. It is those which \ninsinuate themselves under the appearance of good that are more difficult to \nrecognize and more dangerous to entertain. Just as it is very difficult to observe \ndue measure in what is believed to be good and not every desire for something \ngood is safe. \nThe place\, however\, where all temptations and evil and useless thoughts \ncollect\, is idleness. For the greatest evil which can befall the mind is unemployed \nleisure. The servant of God should never be idle\, although he is at leisure to \ndevote himself to God. A name which gives rise to such suspicion and suggests \nsuch waste of time and such an absence of manliness must not be given to a \nmatter of such unquestionable value\, of such holiness\, of such seriousness. Is \nleisure to devote one’s time to God idleness? Rather it is the activity of all \nactivities. Anyone who in his cell is not faithful and fervent in this activity is \nindeed idle\, whatever else he may do that is not done for the sake of this… \nThe aim of activity should not be merely to pass the day more or less \nenjoyably or at least without becoming too weary of leisure but also that when \nthe day is over it always leaves something in the mind that will contribute to the \nsoul’s advancement and that some fresh treasure is added each day to the \nheart’s store. A good monk should consider that he has lost a day of his life if \nduring the day he cannot remember having done any of the things for which a \nman lives in solitude.
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CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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