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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:THE COMMON LIFE \nBy Baldwin of Ford \n◊◊◊ \nThere is still another sort of communion: that of those who live in a \n[monastic] community. It is said of them: ‘The multitude of believers had but \none heart and one soul; no one said that any of the things he possessed was his \nown\, but they had everything in common.’ What makes the common life\, \ntherefore\, is one heart\, one soul\, and having everything in common. Such a life \nis an earthly copy—so far as human weakness allows—of the life of the angels. \nSince they have but one heart and one soul and all things in common\, \nthere is concord and unanimity throughout\, and they always put the general \nprofit and the common good before their own individual convenience. They so \nfar renounce themselves and what is theirs that none of them\, if indeed he is \n[truly] one of them\, whether in [making] decisions or in [giving] advice\, \npresumes to make a stubborn defense of his own opinion\, nor to strive hard \nafter his own will and the desires of his own heart\, nor to have the least thing \nwhich could be called his own. Instead\, as servants of God\, they humble \nthemselves for the sake of God under the hand of one of their fellow servants\, \nand in him all power is vested. His judgment alone determines the decisions\, \nregulates the will\, and governs the needs of all. He alone can want something or \nrefuse it\, for the others have renounced their own power and freedom [of will]. \nThus\, they are not permitted to want what they want\, nor to be able [to do] \nwhat they are able [to do]\, nor to feel what they feel\, nor to be what they are\, nor \nto live by their own spirit\, but by the Spirit of God. It is he who leads them to be \nsons of God\, and it is he who is their love\, their bond\, and their communion. The \ngreater their love\, the stronger is their bond and the more perfect is their \ncommunion: and conversely\, the greater their communion\, the stronger is their \nbond and the more perfect is their love.
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