'Simplicity before others, guilelessness, mutual love,
joy and humility of every kind, must be laid down as the foundation of
the community. Otherwise, disparaging others or grumbling about them, we
make our labor profitless. He who persists ceaselessly in prayer must
not disparage the man incapable of doing this, nor must the man who
devotes himself to serving the needs of the community complain about
those who are dedicated to prayer. For if both the prayers and the
service are offered in a spirit of simplicity and love for others, the
superabundance of those dedicated to prayer will make up for the
insufficiency of those who serve, and vice versa. In this way the
equality that St. Paul commends is maintained (cf. 2 Cor. 8:14): he who
has much does not have to excess and he who has little has no lack (cf.
Exod. 16:18).
God's will is done on earth as in heaven when, in the way indicated, we do not disparage one another, and when not only are we without jealousy but we are united one to another in simplicity and in mutual love, peace and joy, and regard our brothers' progress as our own and his failure as our loss.'
God's will is done on earth as in heaven when, in the way indicated, we do not disparage one another, and when not only are we without jealousy but we are united one to another in simplicity and in mutual love, peace and joy, and regard our brothers' progress as our own and his failure as our loss.'
