Chapter 18: The order for reciting the psalms (paragraphs 1-2)

Each hour begins 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.)

I feel it's no coincidence that Benedict begins each Hour with the same verse that Cassian recommends as a formula for continuous prayer.  In the same spirit, the mantra opens me to the paradox of beginning again and to ongoing transformation.