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The Rule of Saint Benedict

CHAPTER LXVIII When a Brother is ordered to do impossibilities · 60 of 65

The Rule of Saint Benedict

English, translated by Cardinal Francis Aidan Gasquet, translator — Cardinal Francis Aidan Gasquet, translator, 1925

Ir anything hard or impossible be enjoined on a brother let him receive the injunctions of him who orders him in all mildness and obedience. If he shall see that the burden altogether exceedeth the measure of his strength let him patiently and at the proper time state, without show of pride, resistance or contradiction, the reason of this impossibility. If after his suggestion the will of the prior shall still remain

unchanged, let the young monk know that it is best

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for him ; and trusting in God's help, through love of Him, let him obey.