The Rule of St. Benedict offers a sobering reminder to me of how little I actually pray. Consider this passage from chapter 18:
Members 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. We read, after all, that our holy ancestors, 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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