• Redemption

    Place your hope in God alone.  If you notice something good in yourself, give credit to God, not to yourself, but be certain that the evil you commit is always ...

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  • Love Your Enemies

    Love your enemies (Matthew 5:43-48; Luke 6: 27-35).  (RB 4. 31) Loving your enemies sounds like a nice idea until you actually have enemies yourself. An enemy is not merely someone ...

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  • Bear Injuries Patiently

    Do not repay one bad turn with another 1 Thessalonians 5:15; 1 Peter 3:9.  Do not injure anyone, but bear injuries patiently.  (Rule of St. Benedict 4. 29-30) First of all, ...

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  • Drink Moderately

    Everyone has his own gift from God, one this and another that 1 Corinthians 7:7.  It is, therefore, with some uneasiness that we specify the amount of food and drink ...

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  • Help The Troubled

    You must relieve the lot of the poor, clothe the naked, visit the sick (Matthew 25:36), and bury the dead. Go to help the troubled and console the sorrowing. (Rule of ...

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  • Curb Your Urge

    For this reason Scripture warns us, Pursue not your lusts Sirach 18:30.  (Rule of St. Benedict 7.25) We live in a culture where it’s supposed to be fun to let yourself ...

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  • Fix The Physical

    Treasure chastity. (Rule of St. Benedict 4. 64) The obvious difference between a rule written for monks and a rule for married couples is that whereas monks take a vow ...

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  • Hold Yourself Together

    You must not be proud, nor be given to wine Titus 1:7; 1 Timothy 3:3.  Refrain from too much eating or sleeping, and from laziness Romans 12:11.  Do not grumble or speak ill of others.  (Rule ...

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  • Housewife Manifesto

    Housewife Definition And finally, never lose hope in God’s mercy.  (Rule of St. Benedict 4. 74-77) Despair is a housewife with a televisionpeering through channels at the world passing her ...

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