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The Rule of Saint Benedict

CHAPTER XVI How the day Divine Office is to be said · 14 of 65

The Rule of Saint Benedict

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

Tue prophet says, Seven times I have sung Thy praises. — "This sacred number of seven will be kept

by us if we perform the duties of our service in the

THE RULE OF ST. BENEDICT 4;

Hours of Lauds, Prime, Tierce, Sext, None, Evensong and Compline. It was of these day Hours the prophet said, Seven times a day I have sung Thy praises, for of the night watches the same prophet says, 447 midnight I arose to confess to Thee. At these times, therefore, let us give praise to our Creator for His just judgments, that is, at Lauds, Prime, Tierce, Sext, None, Evensong and Compline, and at night

let us rise to confess to Him.