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  LET THE BRETHREN SERVE ONE ANOTHER
  by St. Benedict of Nursia
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of service and charity
within a community, with specific responsibilities for each member.

Topics: "Christian Service", "Community Love"
Scripture References: Philippians 2:4

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DESCRIPTION
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St. Benedict of Nursia emphasizes the importance of serving one another
in the community, with no one excused from kitchen service except for
valid reasons like sickness or important work. This service not only
brings rewards but also fosters charity among the brethren. Helpers
should be provided for the weak to prevent distress, and assistance
should be given based on the community's size or circumstances. Those
with greater responsibilities or utility are excused from kitchen
duties, while the rest are encouraged to serve one another in love.

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CONTENT
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Let the brethren serve one another, and let no one be excused from the
kitchen service except by reason of sickness or occupation in some
important work. For this service brings increase of reward and of
charity. But let helpers be provided for the weak ones, that they may
not be distressed by this work; and indeed let everyone have help, as
required by the size of the community or the circumstances of the
locality. If the community is a large one, the cellarer shall be excused
from the kitchen service; and so also those whose occupations are of
greater utility, as we said above. Let the rest serve one another in
charity.

The one who is ending his week of service shall do the cleaning on
Saturday.

He shall wash the towels with which the brethren wipe their hands and
feet; and this server who is ending his week, aided by the one who is
about to begin, shall wash the feet of all the brethren. He shall return
the utensils of his office to the cellarer clean and in good condition,
and the cellarer in turn shall consign them to the incoming server, in
order that he may know what he gives out and what he receives back.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/st-benedict-of-nursia/let-the-brethren-serve-one-another/
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