Глава 32. О том, что братия не должны огорчаться, когда слабосильным оказывается пощада

The brethren should not be upset and annoyed when the abbot entrusts the weak with a service corresponding to their strengths, and, at the request of need, shows them mercy, but on the contrary, the stronger ones should spare those who need mercy, like weak members, and thus fulfill the duty of spiritual love. For even the leg in the body does not rebel against the hand, does not force it to do its work, and the whole hand does not impose the burden of its work on the little finger, but each member acts with the strength that it received from nature, supporting weak members. When such an order is observed in spiritual society, then it will turn out that we are truly “the body of Christ, and in part” (1 Cor. 12:27), always maintaining harmonious harmony and serene unity with each other. You might be interested in: