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The Rule of Saint Benedict

CHAPTER L · 45 of 65

The Rule of Saint Benedict

English, translated by Cardinal Francis Aidan Gasquet, translator — Cardinal Francis Aidan Gasquet, translator, 1925

Of the Brethren who work at a distance from the Oratory or are

on a journey

Tuose brethren who work at a distance and cannot

come to the oratory at the appointed hours, and the

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abbot judges that this is so, shall say the Divine Office where they are working, kneeling in the fear of God. In the same way, those who are sent on a journey shall not omit the customary hours, but keep them as best they may, and fail not to accomplish

this duty of their service.