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A certain young man of 20yrs entered a monastery and took the name of Br. Peaceful.
He lived in the monastery for 70yrs without ever quarrelling with anyone.
On his 90th birthday the Abbot gathered all the brothers together to congratulating him for living so peaceably among them for all these years. Suddenly an angel appeared among them with a great shining white Silver Medal and hung it around Br Peaceful's neck.
That night Br Peaceful died. R.I.P. Later, as all brothers were gathered round his grave for his burial, the same angel appeared with a bucket full of brilliant shining Gold Medals and gave one to each of the brothers in recognition of their heroic virtue in having manged to put up with Br Peaceful for all those ninety years!
If their is peace in our home we should tend to think of it as being due as much to the patience of others with us as to our patience with them!
God bless.
Raymond
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Father Raymond,
How amazingly opportune your short monastic story(!)... for today saw work at the office on the business accounts, to register performance against budget and forecast the remainder of the financial year : it was Nigh Impossible to force my successor through the complexities: he had 'set his mind' against the detailed analysis (rightly I fear). I kept disappearing to the kitchen to make more stimulating coffee to give him time to consider the scope of the work before him, returning each time with an even more gently persuasive reason for him for the detail... I DESERVE THAT MEDAL.... OR DOES HE? You have assuredly taken the wind out of my sails!!
With delight,
Wm.
PS. "Beware Fr Raymond's short stories!"
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