The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 24. Degrees Of Excommunication

(1) There ought to be due proportion between the seriousness of a fault and the measure of excommunication or discipline.
(2) The abbot determines the gravity of faults.

(3) If a brother is found guilty of less serious faults, he will not be allowed to share the common table.
(4) Anyone excluded from the common table will conduct himself as follows: in the oratory he will not lead a psalm or a refrain nor will he recite a reading until he has made satisfaction,
(5) and he will take his meals alone, after the brothers have eaten.
(6) For instance, if the brothers eat at noon, he will eat in mid-afternoon; if the brothers eat in mid-afternoon, he will eat in the evening,
(7) until by proper satisfaction he gains pardon.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 23. Excommunication For Faults

(Feb. 29 in leap year)

(1) If a brother is found to be stubborn or disobedient or proud, if he grumbles or in anyway despises the holy rule and defies the orders of his seniors,
(2) he should be warned twice privately by the seniors in accord with our Lord's injunction (Matt 18:15-16).
(3) If he does not amend, he must be rebuked publicly in the presence of everyone.
(4) But if even then he does not reform, let him be excommunicated, provided that he understands the nature of this punishment.
(5) If however he lacks understanding, let him undergo corporal punishment.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 22. The Sleeping Arrangements Of The Monks

(Feb. 28 in leap year)

(1) The monks are to sleep in separate beds.
(2) They receive bedding as provided by the abbot, suitable to monastic life.

(3) If possible, all are to sleep in one place, but should the size of the community preclude this, they will sleep in groups of ten or twenty under the watchful care of seniors.
(4) A lamp must be kept burning in the room until morning.

(5) They sleep clothed, and girded with belts or cords; but they should remove their knives, lest they accidentally cut themselves in their sleep.
(6) Thus the monks will always be ready to arise without delay when the signal is given; each will hasten to arrive at the Work of God before the others, yet with all dignity and decorum.
(7) The younger brothers should not have their beds next to each other, but interspersed among those of the seniors.
(8) On arising for the Work of God, they will quietly encourage each other, for the sleepy like to make excuses.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 21. The Deans Of The Monastery

(Feb. 27 in leap year)

(1) If the community is rather large, some brothers chosen for their good repute and holy life should be made deans.
(2) They will take care of their groups of ten, managing all affairs according to the commandments of God and the orders of their abbot.
(3) The deans selected should be the kind of men with whom the abbot can confidently share the burdens of his office.
(4) They are to be chosen for virtuous living and wise teaching, not for their rank.

(5) If perhaps one of these deans is found to be puffed up with any pride, and so deserving of censure, he is to be reproved once, twice and even a third time. Should he refuse to amend, he must be removed from office
(6) and replaced by another who is worthy.
(7) We prescribe the same course of action in regard to the prior.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 20. Reverence In Prayer

(Feb. 26 in leap year)

(1) Whenever we want to ask some favor of a powerful man, we do it humbly and respectfully, for fear of presumption.
(2) How much more important, then, to lay our petitions before the Lord God of all things with the utmost humility and sincere devotion.
(3) We must know that God regards our purity of heart and tears of compunction, not our many words.
(4) Prayer should therefore be short and pure, unless perhaps it is prolonged under the inspiration of divine grace.
(5) In community, however, prayer should always be brief; and when the superior gives the signal, all should rise together.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 19. The Discipline Of Psalmody

(Feb. 25 in leap year)

(1) We believe that the divine presence is everywhere and, "that in every place the eyes of the Lord are watching the good and the wicked," (Prov 15:3).
(2) But beyond the least doubt we should believe this to be especially true when we celebrate the divine office.

(3) We must always remember, therefore, what the Prophet says, "Serve the Lord with fear," (Ps 2:11),
(4) and again, "Sing praise wisely," (Ps 46[47]:8);
(5) and, "In the presence of the angels I will sing to you," (Ps 137[138]:1).
(6) Let us consider, then, how we ought to behave in the presence of God and his angels,
(7) and let us stand to sing the psalms in such a way that our minds are in harmony with our voices.

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The Rule of St. Benedict - Chapter 18. The Order Of The Psalmody

(12) Four psalms are sung each day at Vespers,
(13) starting with Psalm 109 and ending with Psalm 147,
(14) 14omitting the psalms in this series already assigned to other hours, namely, Psalms 117 through 127, psalm 133 and Psalm 142.
(15) All the remaining Psalms are said at Vespers.
(16) Since this leaves three psalms too few, the longer ones in the series should be divided: that is, Psalms 138, 143 and 144.
(17) And because Psalm 116 is short, it can be joined to Psalm 115.
(18) This is the order of psalms for Vespers; the rest is as arranged above: the reading, responsory, hymn, versicle and canticle.

(19) The same psalms — 4, 90 and 133 — are said each day at Compline.

(Feb. 24 in leap year; otherwise added to the preceding)

(20) The remaining psalms not accounted for in this arrangement for the day hours are distributed evenly at Vigils over the seven nights of the week.
(21) Longer psalms are to be divided so that twelve psalms are said each night.

(22) Above all else we urge that if anyone finds this distribution of the psalms unsatisfactory, he should arrange whatever he judges better,
(23) provided that the full complement of one hundred and fifty psalms is by all means carefully maintained every week, and that the series begins anew each Sunday at Vigils.
(24) For monks who in a week’s time say less than the full Psalter with the customary canticles betray extreme indolence and lack of devotion in their service.
(25) We read, after all, that our holy Fathers, energetic as they were, did all this in a single day. Let us hope that we, lukewarm as we are, can achieve it in a whole week.

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