Oblate Program at Belmont Abbey, NC

We must be willing to do more than expected

[Neither] the Virgin Mother nor Our Lord was obliged by the laws to which they submitted forty days after the birth of Jesus. But if they exempted themselves, they would give bad example to others who would not understand their reasons, and perhaps their action would be the occasion to others of disobeying laws by which they were bound.

It is better sometimes to forego our rights and privileges than to lead others into sin. Moreover, if we ever hope to be successful in life, we must always expect and be willing to do more than we are required to do. He that aims only at the strict requirements of the law will often come short of the law; he whose standards are low will be likely often to fall below those standards.

Charles J. Callan, OP and John F. McConnell, MM
from Spiritual Riches of the Rosary Mysteries, pp. 42-43

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