The Rule of St Benedict Chapter 48
Of the daily manual labour
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Idleness is the enemy of the soul. Therefore the brothers should be occupied at set times in manual labour, and at other set times in sacred reading.
Otiositas inimica est animæ. Et ideo certis temporibus occupari debent fratres in labore manuum, certis iterum horis in lectione divina.
Therefore we believe that this arrangement should be put in place …
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