There are times when good words are to be left unsaid out of esteem for silence. - Benedict of Nursia

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There are times when good words are to be left unsaid out of esteem for silence.

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About Benedict of Nursia

Benedict of Nursia (c. 480 – 543 or 547) was the founder of the Benedictine Order and hence of mediaeval monasticism.

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Alternative Names: Saint Benedict of Nursia Bengt St. Benedict Saint Benedict
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Listen carefully, my child, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father's advice, that by the labor of obedience you may return to Him from whom you had departed by the sloth of disobedience.

Every age and degree of understanding should have its proper measure of discipline. With regard to boys and adolescents, therefore, or those who cannot understand the seriousness of the penalty of excommunication, whenever such as these are delinquent let them be subjected to severe fasts or brought to terms by harsh beatings, that they may be cured.

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Renounce yourself in order to follow Christ (Matt 16:24; Luke 9:23); discipline your body (1 Cor 9:27); do not pamper yourself, but love fasting. You must relieve the lot of the poor, clothe the naked, visit the sick (Matt 25:36), and bury the dead. Go to help the troubled and console the sorrowing. Your way of acting should be different from the world’s way; the love of Christ must come before all else.

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