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 all conditions, in God.