Chapter 10: The night office in summertime

From Easter until the first day of November the same number of psalms should be said as we have established for winter, but because the nights are shorter, instead of reading three lessons from the book on the lectern only one should be recited by heart from the Old Testament with a brief responsory to follow.

(From Ch. 10 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry OSB, 1997.)

This directive from Benedict speaks to me of the way prayer can flow with the mysterious rhythms of the natural world, especially from a realized heart.