Chapter 44: The reconciliation of those excommunicated

They should in complete silence simply lay their heads on the ground before the feet of all the community coming out of the oratory and stay there until the superior judges that they have done enough in reparation. (From para. 1 of Ch. 44 of Saint Benedict's Rule, trans. by Patrick Barry, OSB, 1997.)

What is "enough in reparation"? Something requiring silence and humility, according to Benedict. Silence and humility are the pathways to the heart, where right relationship with oneself, with God, with others, can begin to be restored.