Aug 1
Chapter 50: On Sisters Who are Working Far From the Oratory or Are on a Journey
Those sisters who are working at a great distance and cannot get to the oratory at the proper time -- the Abbess judging that such is the case -- shall perform the Work of God in the place where they are working, bending their knees in reverence before God.
Likewise those who have been sent on a journey shall not let the appointed Hours pass by, but shall say the Office by themselves as well as they can and not neglect to render the task of their service.
Today's reading from the Rule of St Benedict is perfect for me. I am in Tampa airport now waiting to get on a flight to Newark. I have saved some of the office on the university laptop that I am traveling with so that I can use the computer as a traveling prayerbook.
Those sisters who are working at a great distance and cannot get to the oratory at the proper time -- the Abbess judging that such is the case -- shall perform the Work of God in the place where they are working, bending their knees in reverence before God.
Likewise those who have been sent on a journey shall not let the appointed Hours pass by, but shall say the Office by themselves as well as they can and not neglect to render the task of their service.
Today's reading from the Rule of St Benedict is perfect for me. I am in Tampa airport now waiting to get on a flight to Newark. I have saved some of the office on the university laptop that I am traveling with so that I can use the computer as a traveling prayerbook.
posted by Joan Morris at 6:05 AM
