The Rule of St Benedict Chapter 11

How the Night Office is to be said on Sundays

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On Sundays let all rise earlier for Vigils, in which the normal measure is applied; that is, when six Psalms and a Verse have been sung, and when all have been seated in order on the benches, let four lessons with Responsories be read from the book, as said above. In the last Responsory let a Gloria be said, with all rising in reverence as soon as i…