Chapter 18: The order for reciting the psalms (paragraphs 1-2)
Each hour beings with the following verse: O God come to my assistance, O Lord make haste to help me.
(From para. 1 of Ch. 18 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry OSB, 1997.)
St. Benedict begins each hour with the same verse that Cassian used as an example of a "formula" that one could recite over and over to practice continuous prayer. I sense a wonderful and mysterious continuity between the orderly observance of communal prayer and the faithful practice of meditation.
(From para. 1 of Ch. 18 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry OSB, 1997.)
St. Benedict begins each hour with the same verse that Cassian used as an example of a "formula" that one could recite over and over to practice continuous prayer. I sense a wonderful and mysterious continuity between the orderly observance of communal prayer and the faithful practice of meditation.
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