BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lay Cistercians of Gethsemani Abbey - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://laycisterciansofgethsemani.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Lay Cistercians of Gethsemani Abbey REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251014 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251015 DTSTAMP:20260511T231919 CREATED:20251012T011838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251012T011838Z UID:14019-1760400000-1760486399@laycisterciansofgethsemani.org SUMMARY:Vigils Reading DESCRIPTION:THE SAFEGUARD OF CHARITY \nFrom “The Mirror of Charity” by St Aelred of Rievaulx \n◊◊◊ \nI think it advisable for us who are called monks to take into account and \nexamine more closely the force of our rule… Does not declare \nthat the reason for his institution is the preservation of charity and the \ncorrection of vices? \nWhy do you throw the Rule up to me\, says. Have charity \nand do what you want. Let us eat and drink\, then\, not because tomorrow we die\, \nbut because we are full of charity. \nOf charity\, I ask\, or vanity? \nWell\, you reply\, if someone has charity\, is he not fulfilling the Rule? \nHow many holy canons\, holy priests\, holy bishops\, and also holy couples \nsense that they possess charity\, but are very aware that they have not promised \nprofession and do not keep the rule for monks? If\, however\, we are speaking \nabout those who have made profession of the Rule itself\, what is being said is \ntrue—if\, that is\, he understands what he is talking about. \nWhy then\, you say\, do you obligate me by the authority of the Rule to \nthese harsh practices? \nIf you have charity it is not necessary for you to be forced to fulfill the \npromises which your lips have uttered. If you scorn fulfilling the things you \npromised by putting your signature to them and calling on God and his saints as \nyour witnesses\, you can be very sure you do not have charity. For do you love \nsomeone you mock? If anyone does other than he has promised\, he said\, let him \nknow that he will be condemned by the God whom he mocks. What then? Do we \ncondemn the dispensations granted in the Rule by our fathers\, or those granted \ntoday? On the contrary\, we allege that they can reasonably be granted because \nthey arise from the precepts of a man\, but not of God. But it is not within the \nprerogative of any man that he change or diminish any of the divine precepts. \nWe must carefully ward against letting a dispensation—a modification or \nvariation—become in any way destruction. Since the reason for the institution \nitself is the safeguard of charity and the correction of vices\, the dispensation will \nobviously be reasonable if it furthers this purpose. If\, on the other hand\, vices \nare fostered by the dispensation more than by the institution\, charity is violated. \nEven if it may do no harm in itself\, the dispensation is surely not without \ndanger. URL:https://laycisterciansofgethsemani.org/event/vigils-reading-360/ CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR