07 June 2023

7 June, The Holy Rule of St Benedict, Patriarch of Western Monasticism

CHAPTER VII. Of Humility

6 Feb. 7 June. 7 Oct.

The ninth degree of humility is, that a monk refrain his tongue from speaking, keeping silence until a question be asked him, as the Scripture sheweth: “In much talking thou shalt not avoid sin”: and, “The talkative man shall not be directed upon the earth.”

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