The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 50. Brothers Working At A Distance Or Traveling

(1) Brothers who work so far away that they cannot return to the oratory at the proper time –
(2) and the abbot determines that is the case –
(3) are to perform the Work of God where they are, and kneel out of reverence for God.

(4) So too, those who have been sent on a journey are not to omit the prescribed hours but to observe them as best they can, not neglecting their measure of service.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 49. The Observance Of Lent

(1) The life of a monk ought to be a continuous Lent.
(2) Since few, however have the strength for this, we urge the entire community during these days of Lent to keep its manner of life most pure
(3) and to wash away in this holy season the negligences of other times.
(4) This we can do in a fitting manner by refusing to indulge evil habits and by devoting ourselves to prayer with tears, to reading, to compunction of heart and self-denial.
(5) During these days, therefore, we will add to the usual measure of our service something by way of private prayer and abstinence from food or drink,
(6) so that each of us will have something above the assigned measure to offer God of his own will, "with the joy of the Holy Spirit," (1 Thess 1:6).
(7) In other words, let each one deny himself some food, drink, sleep, needless talking and idle jesting, and look forward to holy Easter with joy and spiritual longing.

(8) Everyone should, however, make known to the abbot what he intends to do, since it ought to be done with his prayer and approval.
(9) Whatever is undertaken without the permission of the spiritual father will be reckoned as presumption and vain glory, not deserving reward.
(10) Therefore, everything must be done with the abbot's approval.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 48. The Daily Manual Labor

(22) On Sunday all are to be engaged in reading except those who have been assigned various duties.
(23) If anyone is so remiss and indolent that he is unwilling or unable to study or to read, he is to be given some work in order that he may not be idle.

(24) Brothers who are sick or weak should be given a type of work or craft that will keep them busy without overwhelming them or driving them away.
(25) The abbot must take their infirmities into account.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 48. The Daily Manual Labor

(10) From the first of October to the beginning of Lent, the bothers ought to devote themselves to reading until the end of the second hour.
(11) At this time Terce is said and they are to work at their assigned tasks until None.
(12) At the first signal for the hour of None, all put aside their work to be ready for the second signal.
(13) Then after their meal they will devote themselves to their reading or the psalms.

(14) During the days of Lent, they should be free in the morning to read until the third hour, after which they will work at their assigned tasks until the end of the tenth hour.
(15) During this time of Lent each one is to receive a book from the library, and is to read the whole of it straight through.
(16) These books are to be distributed at the beginning of Lent.

(17) Above all, one or two seniors must surely be deputed to make the rounds of the monastery while the brothers are reading.
(18) Their duty is to see that no brother is so apathetic as to waste time or engage in idle talk to the neglect of his reading, and so not only harm himself but also distract others.
(19) If such a monk is found – God forbid – he should be reproved a first and a second time.
(20) If he does not amend, he must be subjected to the punishment of the rule as a warning to others.
(21) Furthermore, brothers ought not to associate with one another at inappropriate times.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 48. The Daily Manual Labor

(1) Idleness is the enemy of the soul. Therefore, the brothers should have specified periods for manual labor as well as for prayerful reading.

(2) We believe that the times for both may be arranged as follows:
(3) From Easter to the first of October, they will spend their mornings after Prime till about the fourth hour at whatever work needs to be done.
(4) From the fourth hour until the time of Sext, they will devote themselves to reading.
(5) But after Sext and their meal, they may rest on their beds in complete silence; should a brother wish to read privately, let him do so, but without disturbing the others.
(6) They should say None a little early, about midway through the eighth hour, and then until Vespers they are to return to whatever work is necessary.
(7) They must not become distressed if local conditions or their poverty should force them to do the harvesting themselves.
(8) When they live by the labor of their hands, as our fathers and the apostles did, then they are really monks.
(9) Yet, all things are to be done with moderation on account of the faint hearted.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 47. Announcing The Hours For The Work Of God

(1) It is the abbot's care to announce, day and night, the hour for the Work of God. He may do so personally or delegate the responsibility to a conscientious brother, so that everything may be done at the proper time.

(2) Only those so authorized are to lead psalms and refrains, after the abbot according to their rank.
(3) No one should presume to read or sing unless he is able to benefit the hearers; 4let this be done with humility, seriousness and reverence, and at the abbot's bidding.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 46. Faults Committed In Other Matters

(1) If someone commits a fault while at any work – wile working in the kitchen, in the storeroom, in serving, in the bakery, in the garden, in any craft or anywhere else –
(2) either by breaking or losing something or failing in any other way in any other place,
(3) he must at once come before the abbot and community and of his own accord admit his fault and make satisfaction.
(4) If it is made known through another, he is to be subjected to a more severe correction.

(5) When the cause of the sin lies hidden in his conscience, he is to reveal it only to the abbot or to one of the spiritual elders,
(6) who know how to heal their own wounds as well as those of others, without exposing them and making them public.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 45. Mistakes In The Oratory

(1) Should anyone make a mistake in a psalm, responsory, refrain or reading, he must make satisfaction there before all. If he does not use this occasion to humble himself, he will be subjected to more severe punishment
(2) for failing to correct by humility the wrong committed through negligence.
(3) Children, however, are to be whipped for such a fault.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 44. Satisfaction By The Excommunicated

(1) Anyone excommunicated for serious faults from the oratory and from the table is to prostrate himself in silence at the oratory entrance at the end of the celebration of the Work of God.
(2) He should lie face down at the feet of all as they leave the oratory,
(3) and let him do this until the abbot judges he has made satisfaction.
(4) Next, at the bidding of the abbot, he is to prostrate himself at the abbot's feet, then at the feet of all that they may pray for him.
(5) Only then, if the abbot orders, should he be admitted to the choir in the rank the abbot assigns.
(6) Even so, he should not presume to lead a psalm or a reading or anything else in the oratory without further instructions from the abbot.
(7) In addition, at all the hours, as the Work of God is being completed, he must prostrate himself in the place he occupies.
(8) He will continue this form of satisfaction until the abbot again bids him cease.

(9) Those excommunicated for less serious faults from the table only are to make satisfaction in the oratory for as long as the abbot orders.
(10) They do so until he gives his blessing and says: "Enough."

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 43. Tardiness At The Work Of God Or At Table

(13) But if anyone does not come to table before the verse so that all may say the verse and pray and sit down at table together,
(14) and if this failure happens through the individual's own negligence or fault, he should be reproved up to the second time.
(15) If he still does not amend, let him not be permitted to share the common table,
(16) but take his meals alone, separated from the company of all. His portion of wine should be taken away until there is satisfaction and amendment.
(17) Anyone not present for the verse said after meals is to be treated in the same manner.
(18) No one is to presume to eat or drink before or after the time appointed.
(19) Moreover, if anyone is offered something by a superior and refuses it, then, if later he wants what he refused or anything else, he should receive nothing at all until he has made appropriate amends.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 43. Tardiness At The Work Of God Or At Table

(1) On hearing the signal for an hour of the divine office, the monk will immediately set aside what he has in hand and go with utmost speed,
(2) yet with gravity and without giving occasion for frivolity.
(3) Indeed, nothing is to be preferred to the Work of God.

(4) If at Vigils anyone comes after the "Glory be to the Father" of Psalm 94, which we wish, therefore, to be said quite deliberately and slowly, he is not to stand in his regular place in choir.
(5) He must take the last place of all, or one set apart by the abbot for such offenders, that they may be seen by him and by all,
(6) until they do penance by public satisfaction at the end of the Work of God.
(7) We have decided, therefore, that they ought to stand either in the last place or apart from the others so that the attention they attract will shame them into amending.
(8) Should they remain outside the oratory, there may be those who would return to bed and sleep, or, worse yet, settle down outside and engage in idle talk, thereby "giving occasion to the Evil One," (Eph 4:27; 1 Tim 5:14).
(9) They should come inside so that they will not lose everything and may amend in the future.

(10) At the day hours the same rule applies to anyone who comes after the opening verse and the "Glory be to the Father" of the first psalm following it: he is to stand in the last place.
(11) Until he has made satisfaction, he is not to presume to join the choir of those praying the psalms, unless perhaps the abbot pardons him and grants an exception.
(12) Even in this case, the one at fault is still bound to satisfaction.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 42. Silence After Compline

(1) Monks should diligently cultivate silence at all times but especially at night.
(2) Accourdingly, this will always be the arrangement whether for fast days or for ordinary days.
(3) When there are two meals, all the monks will sit together immediately after rising from supper. Someone should read from the Conferences or the Lives of the Fathers or at any rate something else that will benefit the hearers,
(4) but not the Heptateuch or the Books of Kings, because it will not be good for those of weak understanding to hear these writings at that hour; they should be read at other times.

(5) On fast days there is to be a short interval between Vespers and the reading of the Conferences, as we have indicated.
(6) Then let four or five pages be read, or as many as time permits.
(7) This reading period will allow for all to come together, in case any were engaged in assigned tasks.
(8) When all have assembled, they should pray Compline; and on leaving Compline, no one will be permitted to speak further.
(9) If anyone is found to transgress this rule of silence, he must be subjected to severe punishment,
(10) except on occasions when guests require attention or the abbot wishes to give someone a command,
(11) but even this is to be done with the utmost seriousness and proper restraint.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 41. The Times For The Brother's Meals

(1) From holy Easter to Pentecost, the brothers eat at noon and take supper in the evening.
(2) Beginning with Pentecost and continuing through out the summer, the monks fast until mid-afternoon on Wednesday and Friday, unless they are working in the fields or the summer heat is oppressive.

(3) On the other days they eat dinner at noon.
(4) Indeed, the abbot may decide that they should continue to eat dinner at noon every day if they have work in the fields or if the summer heat remains extreme.
(5) Similarly, he should so regulate and arrange all matters that souls may be saved and the brothers may go about their activities without justifiable grumbling.

(6) From the thirteenth of September to the beginning of Lent, they always take their meal in mid-afternoon.
(7) Finally, from the beginning of Lent to Easter, they eat towards evening.
(8) Let Vespers be celebrated early enough so that there is no need for a lamp while eating, and that everything can be finished by daylight.
(9) Indeed, at all times let supper or the hour of the fast-day meal be so scheduled that everything can be done by daylight.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 40. The Proper Amount Of Drink

(1) "Everyone has his own gift from God, one this and another that," (1 Cor 7:7).
(2) It is, therefore, with some uneasiness that we specify the amount of food and drink for others.
(3) However, with due regard for the infirmities of the sick, we believe that a half bottle of wine a day is sufficient for each.
(4) But those to whom God gives strength to abstain must know that they will earn their own reward.

(5) The superior will determine when local conditions, work or the summer heat indicates the need for a greater amount. He must, in any case, take great care lest excess or drunkenness creep in.
(6) We read that monks should not drink wine at all, but since the monks of our day cannot be convinced of this, let us at least agree to drink moderately, and not to the point of excess,
(7) for, "wine makes even wise men go astray," (Sir 19:2).

(8) However, where local circumstances dictate an amount much less than what is stipulated above, or even none at all, those who live there should bless God and not grumble.
(9) Above all else we admonish them to refrain from grumbling.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 39. The Proper Amount Of Food

(1) For the daily meals, whether at noon or in mid-afternoon, it is enough, we believe, to provide all tables with two kinds of cooked food because of individual weaknesses.
(2) In this way, the person who may not be able to eat one kind of food may partake of the other.
(3) Two kinds of cooked food, therefore, should suffice for all the brothers, and if fruit or fresh vegetables are available, a third dish may also be added.
(4) A generous pound of bread is enough for a day whether for only one meal or for both dinner and supper.
(5) In the latter case the cellarer will set aside one third of this pound and give it to the brothers at supper.

(6) Should it happen that the work is heavier than usual, the abbot may decide — and he will have the authority — to grant something additional, provided that it is appropriate,
(7) and that above all over indulgence is avoided, lest a monk experience indigestion.
(8) For nothing is so inconsistent with the life of any Christian as overindulgence.
(9) Our Lord says, "Take care that your hearts are not weighted down with overindulgence," (Luke 21:34).

(10) Young boys should not receive the same amount as their elders, but less, since in all matters frugality is the rule.
(11) Let everyone, except the sick who are very weak, abstain entirely from eating the meat of four-footed animals.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 38. The Reader For The Week

(1) Reading will always accompany the meals of the brothers. The reader should not be the one who just happens to pick up the book, but someone who will read for a whole week, beginning on Sunday.
(2) After Mass and Communion, let the incoming reader ask all to pray for him so that God may shield him from the spirit of vanity.
(3) Let him begin this verse in the oratory: "Lord open my lips, and my mouth shall proclaim your praise," (Ps 50[51]:17), and let all say it three times.
(4) When he has received a blessing, he will begin his week of reading.

(5) Let there be complete silence. No whispering no speaking — only the reader’s voice should be heard there.
(6) The brothers should by turn serve one another’s needs as they eat and drink, so that no one need ask for anything.
(7) If, however, anything is required, it should be requested by an audible signal of some kind rather than by speech.
(8) No one should presume to ask a question about the reading or about anything else, "lest occasion be given," [to the devil] (Eph 4:27; 1 Tim 5:14).
(9) The superior, however, may wish to say a few words of instruction.

(10) Because of holy Communion and because the fast may be too hard for him to bear, the brother who is reader for the week is to receive some diluted wine before he begins to read.
(11) Afterward he will take his meal with the weekly kitchen servers and the attendants.

(12) Brothers will read and sing, not according to rank, but according to their ability to benefit their hearers.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 37. The Elderly And Children

(1) Although human nature itself is inclined to be compassionate toward the old and the young, the authority of the rule should also provide for them.
(2) Since their lack of strength must always be taken into account, they should certainly not be required to follow the strictness of the rule with regard to food,
(3) but should be treated with kindly consideration and allowed to eat before the regular hours.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 36. The Sick Brothers

(1) Care of the sick must rank above and before all else, so that they may truly be served as Christ,
(2) for he said, "I was sick and you visited me," (Matt 25:36),
(3) and, "What you did for one of these least brothers you did for me," (Matt 25:40).
(4) Let the sick on their part bear in mind that they are served out of honor for God, and let them not by their excessive demands distress their brothers who serve them.
(5) Still, sick brothers must be patiently borne with, because serving them leads to a greater reward.
(6) Consequently, the abbot should be extremely careful that they suffer no neglect.

(7) Let a separate room be designated for the sick, and let them be served by an attendant who is God-fearing, attentive and concerned.
(8) The sick may take baths whenever it is advisable, but the healthy, and especially the young, should receive permission less readily.
(9) Moreover, to regain their strength, the sick who are very weak may eat meat, but when their health improves, they should all abstain from meat as usual.

(10) The abbot must take the greatest care that cellarers and those who serve the sick do not neglect them, for the shortcomings of disciples are his responsibility.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 35. Kitchen Servers Of The Week

(12) An hour before mealtime, the kitchen workers of the week should each receive a drink and some bread over and above the regular portion,
(13) so that at mealtime, they may serve their brothers without grumbling or hardship.
(14) On solemn days, however, they should wait until after the dismissal.

(15) On Sunday immediately after Lauds, those beginning as well as those completing their week of service should make a profound bow in the oratory before all and ask for their prayers.
(16) Let the server completing his week recite the verse: "Blessed are you, Lord God," who, "have helped me and comforted me," (Dan 3:52; Ps 85[86]:17).
(17) After this verse has been said three times, he receives a blessing. Then the one beginning his service follows and says: "God, come to my assistance; Lord, make haste to help me," (Ps 69[70]:2).
(18) And all repeat this verse three times. When he has received a blessing, he begins his service.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 35. Kitchen Servers Of The Week

(1) The brothers should serve one another. Consequently, no one will be excused from kitchen service unless he is sick or engaged in some important business of the monastery,
(2) for such service increases reward and fosters love.
(3) Let those who are not strong have help so that they may serve without distress,
(4) and let everyone receive help as the size of the community or local conditions warrant.
(5) If the community is rather large, the cellarer should be excused from kitchen service, and, as we have said, those should also be excused who are engaged in important business.
(6) Let all the rest serve one another in love.

(7) On Saturday the brother who is completing his work will do the washing.
(8) He is to wash the towels which the brothers use to wipe their hands and feet.
(9) Both the one who is ending his service and the one who is about to begin are to wash the feet of everyone.
(10) The utensils required for the kitchen service are to be washed and returned intact to the cellarer,
(11) who in turn issues them to the one beginning his week. In this way the cellarer will know what he hands out and what he receives back.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 34. Distribution Of Goods According To Need

(1) It is written: "Distribution was made to each one as he had need," (Acts 4:35).
(2) By this we do not imply that there should be favoritism — God forbid — but rather consideration for weaknesses.
(3) Whoever needs less should thank God and not be distressed,
(4) but whoever needs more should feel humble because of his weakness, not self important because of the kindness shown him.
(5) In this way all the members will be at peace.
(6) First and foremost, there must be no word or sign of the evil of grumbling, no manifestation of it for any reason at all.
(7) If, however anyone is caught grumbling, let him undergo more severe discipline.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 33. Monks And Private Ownership

(1) Above all, this evil practice must be uprooted and removed from the monastery.
(2) We mean that without an order from the abbot, no one may presume to give, receive
(3) or retain anything as his own, nothing at all — not a book, writing tablets or stylus — in short, not a single item,
(4) especially since monks may not have the free disposal even of their own bodies and wills.
(5) For their needs, they are to look to the father of the monastery, and are not allowed anything which the abbot has not given or permitted.
(6) "All things should be the common possession," of all, as it is written, "so that no one," presumes to, "call anything his own," (Acts 4:32).

(7) But if anyone is caught indulging in this most evil practice, he should be warned a first and a second time. 8If he does not amend, let him be subjected to punishment.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 32. The Tools And Goods Of The Monastery

(1) The goods of the monastery, that is, its tools, clothing or anything else, should be entrusted to brothers whom the abbot appoints and in whose manner of life he has confidence.
(2) He will, as he sees fit, issue to them the various articles to be cared for and collected after use.
(3) The abbot will maintain a list of these, so that when the brothers succeed one another in their assigned tasks, he may be aware of what he hands out and what he receives back.

(4) Whoever fails to keep the things belonging to the monastery clean or treats them carelessly should be reproved. 5If he does not amend, let him be subjected to the discipline of the rule.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 31. Qualifications Of The Monastery Cellarer

(13) Above all, let him be humble. If goods are not available to meet a request, he will offer a kind word in reply,
(14) for it is written: A kind, "word is better than the best gift," (Sir 18:17).
(15) He should take care of all that the abbot entrusts to him, and not presume to do what the abbot has forbidden.
(16) He will provide the brothers their allotted amount of food without any pride or delay, lest they be led astray. For he must remember what the Scripture says that person deserves, "who leads one of the little ones astray," (Matt 18:6).

(17) If the community is rather large, he should be given helpers, that with their assistance he may calmly perform the duties of his office.
(18) Necessary items are to be requested and given at the proper times,
(19) so that no one may be disquieted or distressed in the house of God.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 31. Qualifications Of The Monastery Cellarer

(1) As cellarer of the monastery, there should be chosen from the community someone who is wise, mature in conduct, temperate, not an excessive eater, not proud, excitable, offensive, dilatory or wasteful,

(2) but God-fearing, and like a father to the whole community.

(3) He will take care of everything,

(4) but will do nothing without an order from the abbot.

(5) Let him keep to his orders.

(6) He should not annoy the brothers.

(7) If any brother happens to make an unreasonable demand of him, he should not reject him with disdain and cause him distress, but reasonably and humbly deny the improper request.

(8) Let him keep watch over his own soul, ever mindful of that saying of the Apostle: "He who serves well secures a good standing for himself," (1 Tim 3:13).

(9) He must show every care and concern for the sick, children, guests and poor, knowing for certain that he will be held accountable for all of them on the day of judgement.

(10) He will regard all utensils and goods of the monastery as sacred vessels of the altar,

(11) aware that nothing is to be neglected.

(12) He should not be prone to greed, nor be wasteful and extravagant with the goods of the monastery, but should do everything with moderation and according to the abbot's orders.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 30. The Manner Of Reproving Boys

(1) Every age and level of understanding should receive appropriate treatment.
(2) Therefore, as often as boys and the young, or those who cannot understand the seriousness of the penalty of excommunication,
(3) are guilty of misdeeds, they should be subjected to severe fasts or checked with sharp strokes so that they may be healed.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 29. Readmission Of Brothers Who Leave The Monastery

(1) If a brother, following his own evil ways, leaves the monastery but then wishes to return, he must first promise to make full amends for leaving.
(2) Let him be received back, but as a test of his humility he should be given the last place.
(3) If he leaves again, or even a third time, he should be readmitted under the same conditions. After this, however, he must understand that he will be denied all prospect of return.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 28. Those Who Refuse To Amend After Frequent Reproofs

(1) If a brother has been reproved frequently for any fault, or if he has even been excommunicated, yet does not amend, let him receive a sharper punishment: that is, let him feel the strokes of the rod.
(2) But if even then he does not reform, or perhaps becomes proud and would actually defend his conduct, which God forbid, the abbot should follow the procedure of a wise physician.
(3) After he has applied compresses, the ointment of encouragement, the medicine of divine Scripture, and finally the cauterizing iron of excommunication and stokes of the rod,
(4) and if he then perceives that his earnest efforts are unavailing, let him apply an even better remedy: he and all the brothers should pray for him
(5) so that the Lord, who can do all things, may bring about the health of the sick brother.
(6) Yet if even this procedure does not heal him, then finally, the abbot must use the knife and amputate. For the Apostle says: "Banish the evil one from your midst," (1 Cor 5:13);
(7) and again, "If the unbeliever departs, let him depart," (1 Cor 7:15),
(8) lest one diseased sheep infect the whole flock.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 27 The Abbot's Concern For The Excommunicated

(1) The abbot must exercise the utmost care and concern for wayward brothers, because, "it is not the healthy who need a physician, but the sick," (Matt 9:12).
(2) Therefore, he ought to use every skill of a wise physician and send in senpectae, that is, mature and wise brothers
(3) who, under the cloak of secrecy, may support the wavering brother, urge him to be humble as a way of making satisfaction, and "console," him, "lest he be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow," (2 Cor 2:7).
(4) Rather, as the Apostle also says, "Let love for him be reaffirmed," (2 Cor 2:8), and let all pray for him.
(5) It is the abbot's responsibility to have great concern and to act with all speed, discernment and diligence in order not to lose any of the sheep entrusted to him.
(6) He should realize that he has undertaken care of the sick, not tyranny over the healthy.
(7) Let him also fear the threat of the Prophet in which God says, "What you saw to be fat you claimed for yourselves, and what was weak you cast aside," (Ezek 34:3-4).
(8) He is to imitate the loving example of the Good Shepherd who left the ninety-nine sheep in the mountains and went in search of the one sheep that had strayed.
(9) So great was his compassion for its weakness that "he," mercifully, "placed it on his," sacred, "shoulders," and so carried it back to the flock (Luke 15:5).

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 26. Unauthorized Association With The Excommunicated

(1) If a brother, acting without an order from the abbot, presumes to associate in any way with an excommunicated brother, to converse with him or to send him a message,
(2) he should receive a like punishment of excommunication.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 25. Serious Faults

(1) A brother guilty of a serious fault is to be excluded from both the table and the oratory.
(2) No other brother should associate or converse with him at all.
(3) He will work alone at the tasks assigned to him, living continually in sorrow and penance, pondering that fearful judgment of the Apostle,
(4) "Such a man is handed over for the destruction of his flesh that his spirit may be saved on the day of the Lord," (1 Cor 5:5).
(5) Let him take his food alone in an amount and at a time the abbot considers appropriate for him.
(6) He should not be blessed by anyone passing by, nor should the food that is given him be blessed.

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