Mr. Biggs – My Promise for 2025
What prevents me from preferring nothing whatever to Christ?
I spend lots of time cleaning my beautiful fur, making it fluffy and shiny. But then I am always behind in my study of the Rule and forget tasks that Br. Ricky asks me to do. Both leave me anxious.
Practices from the Rule to help me craft my promise:
“The second step of humility is that we love not our own will nor take pleasure in the satisfaction of our desires; rather we shall imitate by our actions that saying of Christ’s: I have come not to do my own will, but the will of the One who sent me” (John 6:38). RB 7.31-32
“You must not be proud (Titus 1:7) RB 4.34
My 2025 Promise:
I will confine my grooming to 1/2 hour, spread over the whole day. With the freed time I will study the Rule and do lectio. I will also mewmail and call the other Worldwide Novices to offer support and encouragement.
What my human needs to learn to help her prefer nothing whatever to Christ:
My human needs to learn how to slow down, listen, and act upon the whispers she hears from God. She needs to trust that those whispers are coming from Spirit.
Practices from the Rule to help my human craft her promise:
“…all things are to be done with moderation…” RB 48.9a
“What is more delightful than this voice of the Holy One calling to us? See how God’s love shows us the way of life.” Prologue 19-20
“We believe that the divine presence is everywhere.” RB 19.1a
My Human’s 2025 Promise:
Mr. Biggs asks you to join him and craft your own 2025 Promise.