Every principal of a school knows that one of the most difficult decisions she will ever have to make is to expel a student from the school. But when all the punishments and counseling sessions with the student and her parents, and the prayers of all have made no impact on the student, and she still refuses to amend and grow, the principal has no choice. She must ask the student to depart so as to provide the kind of environment for others to grow in goodness.
So important is growth in holiness in community life to Benedict that sometimes, he too must ask a monk to leave. If a monk refuses to grow in community virtues, to be a blessing to others, to be open to blessings from others, then Benedict says…”let that one depart.”
Sr. Veronica, OSB
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