Benedictine Poverty (XXXIII)
CHAPTER XXXIII. Whether Monks Ought to Have Anything of Their Own 11 Mar. 11 July. 10 Nov. The vice of private ownership is above all...
On the care of tools and other things (XXXII)
CHAPTER XXXII. Of the Iron Tools and Property of the Monastery 10 Mar. 10 July. 9 Nov. Let the Abbot appoint brethren, on whose manner...
The Cure of the Sick Brother (XXVIII)
CHAPTER XXVIII. Of Those Who, Being Often Corrected, Do Not Amend 5 Mar. 5 July. 4 Nov. If any brother who has been frequently corrected...
Dixit Dominus Domino meo (XVIII)
CHAPTER XVIII. In What Order the Psalms Are to Be Said 23 Feb. 24 June. 24 Oct. Vespers are to be sung every day with...
Little Hours (XVIII:2)
CHAPTER XVIII. In What Order the Psalms Are to Be Said 22 Feb. 23 June. 23 Oct. At Tierce, Sext and None on Monday are...
Via, Veritas, et Vita (XVIII:1)
CHAPTER XVIII. In What Order the Psalms Are to Be Said 21 Feb. 22 June. 22 Oct. First of all let this verse be said:...
Deus in adjutorium meum intende (XVII)
I find this image of Saint Dominic at prayer so expressive of the Deus in adjutorium that I had to use it, even though it...
At All Times and in All Places: Praise (XVI)
CHAPTER XVI. How the Work of God is to Be Done in the Daytime 19 Feb. 20 June. 20 Oct. As the prophet saith: “Seven...
So Great a Cloud of Witnesses (XIV)
CHAPTER XIV. How the Night-Office is to Be Said on Saints’ Days 17 Feb. 18 June. 18 Oct. On the Festivals of Saints, and all...
Pater noster qui es in caelis
CHAPTER XIII. How Lauds Are to Be Said on Weekdays 16 Feb. 17 June. 17 Oct. The Office of Lauds and Vespers, however, must never...
Splendor paternae gloriae
CHAPTER XIII. How Lauds Are to be Said on Weekdays 15 Feb. 16 June. 16 Oct. On week-days let Lauds be celebrated in the manner...
From morning’s first light (XII)
CHAPTER XII. How the Solemn Office of Lauds is to Be Said 14 Feb. 15 June. 15 Oct. At Lauds on Sunday let the sixty-sixth...
On earth as it is in heaven (X and XI)
CHAPTER X. How the Night-Office is to Be Said in Summer Time 12 Feb. 13 June. 13 Oct. From Easter to the first of November...
Et inclinato capite tradidit spiritum (XII:7)
At the core of the Rule of Saint Benedict one finds the open Heart of Jesus Crucified, and His most sweet Face inclined in the...
Not noisy in speech
CHAPTER VII. Of Humility 8 Feb. 9 June. 9 Oct. The eleventh degree of humility is, that when a monk speaketh, he do so gently...
Et quasi absconditus vultus ejus et despectus (VII:7)
CHAPTER VII. Of Humility 4 Feb. 5 June. 5 Oct. The seventh degree of humility is, that he should not only call himself with his...
Yet, I am always with Thee
CHAPTER VII. Of Humility 3 Feb. 4 June. 4 Oct. The sixth degree of humility is, for a monk to be contented with the meanest...
Through Him Who hath loved us
1 Feb. 2 June. 2 Oct. The fourth degree of humility is, that if in this very obedience hard and contrary things, nay even injuries,...
More on the Tools of Good Works
21 Jan. 22 May. 21 Sept. 62. Daily to fulfil by one’s deeds the commandments of God. 63. To love chastity. 64. To hate no...
Speaking and Not Speaking
Ad Altare Dei Saint Benedict’s Instruments of Good Works prepare us, hour by hour, and day by day, to approach the Holy Mysteries. All of...