Monday, July 03, 2006
Are you discouraged by your sins?
No matter how hard we may try, we keep on sinning -- and we will continue to do so until we meet our Lord and Savior. Although we know that we are saved by our faith in Jesus, we must continue to fight the old Adam in us. These battles can be discouraging. That's why I was uplifted by Br. Benet, the Oblate Director of Blue Cloud Abbey, who in his last Oblate Letter reminded me of a portion from the Prologue to the Rule of St. Benedict:
As we progress in this way of life and in faith, we shall run on the path of God's commandments, our hearts overflowing with the inexpressible delight of love. Never swerving from his instructions, then, but faithfully observing his teaching in the monastery until death, we shall through patience share in the sufferings of Christ that we may deserve also to share in his kingdom.
As we progress in this way of life and in faith, we shall run on the path of God's commandments, our hearts overflowing with the inexpressible delight of love. Never swerving from his instructions, then, but faithfully observing his teaching in the monastery until death, we shall through patience share in the sufferings of Christ that we may deserve also to share in his kingdom.
