When I entered monastic life, a friend wrote to me: “I’ll be among those prepared to pick up the pieces, should your alpine expedition result in a fall.” I was touched by this assurance, and helpfully alarmed. It made me see that radical self-giving is risky. It cannot be otherwise. Monks have always known this.
05 January 2022, The Tablet
Victims in the cloisters: from grace to blasphemy
Dom Dysmas de Lassus
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