Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Chapter 11: Vigils or night office on Sunday


In these Vigils the arrangement should be that six psalms and a verse should be chanted, as described above, and then, when everyone has sat down in an orderly way on the benches, four lessons should be read from the book on the lectern with their responsories.
(From para. 1 of Ch. 11 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry OSB, 1997.)

I'm drawn to something as simple as sitting down in an orderly way on the benches. Again Benedict brings me back to the body in prayer -- selflessly attentive, fully present.

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