Friday, September 16, 2011

Laziness


In the first days of the order, when the friars dwelt at Rivo Torto near Assisi, there was among them a certain friar who prayed little and did not work, who would not ask for alms and used to eat well.  Considering these things, Francis knew by the Holy Spirit that he was a carnal man, and said to him, “Go your way, friar, fly, since you would eat of the labor of the brothers and be idle in the work of God, like a lazy and sterile drone which profits nothing and labors not but eats the labor and profit of the good bees.”  And so he went his way.  And because he was carnal, he did not seek for mercy nor did he find it.
                        -Mirror of Perfection Section II, Chapter 24

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