The first words here might seem to hold a contradiction. Surely concern for the temporal is to care for others? We need to eat, we need clothing, shelter, money, good health, an education. However, The Rule points us to the gospel understanding that “too great a concern” for these things is to neglect the welfare of the whole of us (Matt 19:19-26). We are temporal and spiritual. The temporal is the place where we grow in spirit. As we do this together we support each other and discover that worry recedes.
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