“It’s very simple” said the Abbot with the most serious look he had ever seen. “We can return to the monastery proper, you can resume your life & resume your vows with the promise never to reveal what you’ve seen to this point, or we can go through that door and you begin a new life of service and prayer, similar but apart from the monastery. One choice is not superior to the other, both serve Christ & glorify God, but one carries the burden of knowledge. What shall it be?”
He didn’t hesitate: “Abbot shall we go inside?”
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