Becoming a Community of Disciples

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Becoming a Community of Disciples

love of God and Christ Jesus as those who through their own patience and the merit of their life deserve the services of their brothers, 5 whereby they are a boast for Christ and a reproach to the devil, as was holy Job. Care for Tools and Utensils (RBas §103) Q: How must workers care for the tools or utensils they use for work? R: 1 First they must use them as God’s instruments, that is, as consecrated to God. Second, as being unable without them to obtain the benefits of their own devotion and zeal. Ability to Perform Assigned Duties (RBas §131) Q: When someone serves in the kitchen on his own day, but works beyond his strength, so that he is hindered and unable to perform his own work for days afterward, should we assign him such an office? R: 1 We already said above that the one entrusted with the arrangement of tasks and the one who presides ought to note carefully the strength and capacity of each, 2 and, as each is suited, so also assign the task, lest he should hear what is written: those who frame toil by decree (Ps. 93:20). 3 The one obeying, however, must not contradict, for the limit of obedience to be observed is unto death (cf. Phil 2:8).