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RB 1980- The Rule Of St Benedict

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by Saint Benedict


  33.1

  16.5

  Synthesis: day and night

  17.1-5

  Hours of the day: Prime–None

  35.2-3

  (40.1-3)

  17.6

  With and without refrains

  (55.6)

  17.7-8

  Vespers

  36.1-9

  (41.1-4)

  17.9-10

  Compline

  37.1-2

  (42.1-4)

  18.1-4

  Distribution of the psalms. Prime

  18.7-11

  Terce, Sext, None

  18.12-18

  Vespers

  18.19

  Compline

  18.20-21

  Vigils

  18.22-25

  The full psalter weekly

  19.1-2

  Conduct during psalmody. God present

  19.3-7

  Citations. Harmony of mind and voice

  47.1-24

  20.1-4

  Reverence at prayer

  48.1-14

  20.4-5

  Private and communal prayer

  21.1

  The deans. Qualities required

  11.4

  21.2

  Supervision of groups of ten

  11.27-30

  21.3-4

  Criteria for selection

  (11.20-21)

  21.5-6

  Correction and removal of deans

  22.1

  The dormitory: individual beds

  11.109

  22.2

  Suitable bedding

  22.3

  Single dormitory or smaller ones

  (11.108)

  29.2-4

  22.4

  With a lamp burning

  29.5-6

  22.5

  Sleep clothed and belted. No knives

  11.111-112

  22.6

  Reason: to be ready for office

  11.114

  22.7

  Young and old interspersed

  (11.121)

  22.8

  Rising: encourage one another

  23.1-3

  Excommunication. Triple warning

  12.1-2

  23.4-5

  Excommunication or corporal punishment

  (14.79-86)

  24.1-2

  Degree of punishment. The abbot judges

  12.4-7

  24.3

  Less serious faults. Minor punishment

  13.60

  24.4

  No public recitation for those excommunicated

  13.66-67

  24.5-6

  Meals later than others

  13.50-52

  24.7

  Until satisfaction is made

  13.61

  25.1

  Serious faults. Major punishment

  13.41-42, 62

  25.2-3

  Complete isolation

  13.43-45, 49

  25.4

  Sentence of the Apostle

  25.5

  Meals: time and amount

  13.50-53

  25.6

  No blessing

  13.46-47

  26.1-2

  Associating with the excommunicated

  13.54-56

  27.1

  Care for the excommunicated. The abbot as physician

  (14.12)

  27.2-3

  Send senpectae

  27.4

  All pray for him

  (15.19-27)

  27.5-7

  Solicitude required of the abbot

  27.8-9

  Example of the Good Shepherd

  (14.7-8)

  28.1

  Recidivists. Corporal punishment

  (13.69; 14.87)

  28.2-5

  Let all pray

  (15.19-27)

  28.6-8

  Expulsion

  13.70-73

  29.1

  Return of an apostate. Promise required

  29.2

  Put in the lowest place

  29.3

  As many as three times

  64.1-4

  30.1-3

  Reproving boys: corporal punishment

  14.79-86

  31.1-2

  The cellarer: qualities required

  16.62-66

  31.3-5

  Submission to the abbot (I)

  16.32-37

  31.6-7

  Relationship with the brothers (I)

  31.8

  Keep watch over his own soul

  (16.53-56)

  31.9

  The sick, etc. The day of judgment

  16.27-37

  31.10-12

  Care for material goods

  31.13-14

  Relationship with the brothers (II)

  31.15

  Submission to the abbot (II)

  16.32-37

  31.16

  He is not to “scandalize”

  31.17

  Helpers to be given him

  31.18-19

  Do everything at proper times

  32.1-2

  The tools and movable goods. Those in charge

  17.1-4, 10-20

  32.3

  Inventory kept by the abbot

  17.5

  32.4-5

  Punishment for negligence

  17.6-9

  33.1-6

  Private ownership

  16.58-61

  82

  33.7-8

  Punishment for violation of ban

  (82.16-27)

  34.1-5

  Distribution according to need

  34.6-7

  No grumbling. Punishment

  35.1-2

  Weekly servers. All to take turns

  18.1-12

  35.3-4

  Helpers to be given them

  19.18

  35.5-6

  All to take turns. Exceptions

  (18.1-12)

  35.7-8

  Saturday: cleaning

  19.19-27

  35.9

  Washing of the feet

  (19.20-21)

  (30.4-7)

  35.10-11

  Utensils returned to cellarer

  16.39-40

  35.12-14

  Early portion for the servers

  (21.11-14)

  35.15-17

  Sunday morning. Blessing of servers

  25.3-7

  35.17-18

  Blessing of new servers

  19.1-8

  36.1-3

  The sick. To be served as Christ

  (28.13-18)

  70.1-3

  36.4-6

  Those cared for and those caring for them

  36.7

  Infirmary and infirmarian

  36.8-9

  Baths and meat

  36.10

  Responsibility of the abbot

  37.1-3

  The elderly and children. No fasting

  28.19-26

  38.1

  Reading with meals. The weekly reader

  24.1-4

  38.2-4

  Prayer and blessing of reader

  24.6-12

  38.5-7

  Silence in the refectory

  38.8-9

  No questions. Words of commentary

  24.19

  38.10

  Diluted wine for the reader

  24.14

  38.11

  Meal afterwards for the reader

  24.30,40

  38.12

  Selection of reader for ability

  (24.1-4)

  39.1-3

  Food. Two dishes and fruit

  26.1

  39.4

  A pound of bread

  26.2

  39.5

  A third set aside for supper

  26.3

  39.6-9

  Increased allowance. No overindulgence

  26.11-13

  39.10 />
  Children: smaller portions

  26.14

  39.11

  No meat except for the sick

  (53.26-33)

  40.1-2

  Drink. Reservations about prescribing measure

  40.3

  A half bottle of wine

  27.39-40

  40.4

  Voluntary abstinence

  27.47-51

  40.5-7

  Increased allowance. Avoidance of satiety

  27.43-46

  40.8-9

  When not available, avoid grumbling

  27.52-54

  41.1

  The times for meals. Easter season

  28.37-40

  41.2-3

  Summer. Fast on Wednesday and Friday

  41.4-5

  Dispensing from the fast

  41.6

  Winter. Daily fast (None)

  28.1-2

  41.7

  Lent. Daily fast (Vespers)

  28.8

  (53.34)

  41.8-9

  Evening meal before dark

  (34.12-13; 36.10; 50.70-71)

  42.1

  Silence after Compline. Principle

  (30.8-10)

  42.2-7

  Reading before Compline

  42.8

  Compline and beginning of silence

  30.12-13

  42.9

  Breaking the silence. Punishment

  (30.28-30)

  42.10

  Exceptions: guests, the abbot’s orders

  30.24-27

  (17-22)

  42.11

  Careful restraint

  30.19, 25-26

  43.1-3

  Those coming late to office or meals. Nothing put before office

  54.1-2

  43.4-9

  Those late for Vigils

  (32.9-15)

  73.1-5

  43.10-12

  Those late for day hours

  73.6-7

  43.13-16

  Those late for meals

  73.8-10

  43.17

  Prayers after meals

  73.11

  43.18

  Nothing between meals

  (21.8-10; 30.23)

  43.19

  Refusing what is offered. Punishment

  (22.7-8; 74)

  44.1-3

  Major satisfaction. Prostration (I)

  14.20-22

  44.4

  At the feet of all

  14.17

  44.5

  Readmittance to choir

  44.6

  To refrain from intoning or reading

  (13.66; 73.17)

  44.7-8

  Prostration after the office (II)

  (14.20-22)

  44.9-10

  Minor satisfaction

  13.61

  45.1-2

  In the oratory. Penalties for not making satisfaction

  45.3

  Children: corporal punishment

  (14.79)

  46.1-4

  Satisfaction for faults at work

  46.5-6

  Hidden sin and its cure

  15.1-17

  47.1

  The signal for office

  31.1-9

  47.2

  Intoning the psalms according to seniority

  46.1-2

  47.3

  Qualifications for reading and singing

  (46.1-7)

  47.4

  The manner of reading and chanting

  47.1-6

  48.1

  Manual labor. Necessity

  50.1-7

  48.2-6

  Summer schedule

  50.39-69

  48.7-9

  The harvest

  (86)

  48.10-13

  Winter schedule

  50.8-38

  48.14

  Lenten schedule

  48.15-16

  Reading in Lent

  48.17-21

  Supervision during the reading

  48.22

  Sunday reading

  75.1-7

  48.23

  Those unable to read

  50.76-77

  48.24-25

  Work for the sick

  50.75,78

  49.1-3

  Lent: Time of purification

  49.4-7

  Prayer and abstinence

  51–53

  49.8-10

  Control by the abbot

  (53.11-15)

  (74.1-4)

  50.1-3

  Office outside of choir. At work

  55

  50.4

  On a journey

  56

  (58)

  51.1-2

  Meals forbidden on a day trip

  61

  51.3

  Penalty

  52.1

  The oratory. Not a place for work

  52.2-5

  Silence while leaving it

  68

  53.1-2

  Guests. All to be received as Christ

  53.3-4

  Welcome

  65.1-8

  53.4-5

  Prayer before kiss of peace

  71.1-10

  53.6-7

  Humble greeting

  65.1-8

  53.8-9

  Prayer. Reading. Kindness

  53.10-11

  Breaking the fast

  72

  53.12

  Washing the hands

  53.13

  Washing the feet

  (30.5,26; 53.43)

  53.14

  Recitation of Ps 47:10

  (65.9)

  53.15

  Reception of the poor

  53.16-17

  The kitchen for the abbot and Guests

  53.18-20

  Distribution of this work

  (16.45-46)

  53.21-22

  Guest quarters and guest- Masters

  79

  53.23-24

  Speaking with guests restricted

  54.1-5

  Reception of letters and gifts

  (76)

  55.1-3

  Clothing. Adapted to diverse locales

  55.4-6

  Items of clothing and shoes

  81.1-30

  55.7

  Use of available materials

  55.8

  The abbot to ensure correct measurements

  55.9-12

  Used clothing. Avoidance of superfluity

  55.13-14

  Clothing for a journey

  (81.7)

 

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