Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Chapter 42: The great silence after Compline


Silence should be sought at all times by monks and nuns and this is especially important for them at night time. (From para. 1 of Ch. 42 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)

Silence comes to me in moments of peace of mind, as a fruit of meditation. It is an interior remembering that I rest at all times in God.
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  1. Melanie CondesMarch 24, 2018 at 3:17 AM

    "Monastics ought to be zealous for silence at all times,
    but especially during the hours of the night" I want to remember this always especially in moments that I am busiest because the night must call for rest therefore silence is a requisite of it.

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