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X-WR-CALDESC:<i>Should monastics make a mistake in a psalm\, responsory\, r
 efrain or reading\, they must make satisfaction there before all. If they 
 do not use this occasion to humble themselves\, they will be subjected to 
 more severe punishment for failing to correct by humility the wrong commit
 ted through negligence. Youth\, however\, are to be whipped for such a fau
 lt.</i>\n\n'To know all of the Talmud is a great thing\,' the rabbis teach
 \; 'but to learn one virtue is greater.' In Benedictine spirituality\, two
  constants emerge clearly: first\, community prayer is central to the life
  and second\, whatever is done must be done well. To fail to prepare the p
 rayer\, then\, to pray poorly and sloppily\, to read the scripture to peop
 le who do not have books and to read it without care\, without sense\, wit
 hout accuracy is to strike at the very core of the community life. It is a
  fault serious enough to undermine the spiritual life of the community. It
  is not to be endured.\n\n'Those who pray without knowing what they pray\,
 ' Maimon ben Joseph wrote\, 'do not pray.' If anything\, this chapter requ
 ires us to ask even to this day how it is that we can hear the scripture b
 ut never study it\, pray prayers but never contemplate the universal impli
 cations of them\, go through rituals but never immerse ourselves in their 
 meaning. How is it that we too pray without thinking\, pray carelessly\, p
 ray poorly or pray without thought?
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DESCRIPTION:<i>Should monastics make a mistake in a psalm\, responsory\, re
 frain or reading\, they must make satisfaction there before all. If they d
 o not use this occasion to humble themselves\, they will be subjected to m
 ore severe punishment for failing to correct by humility the wrong committ
 ed through negligence. Youth\, however\, are to be whipped for such a faul
 t.</i>\n\n'To know all of the Talmud is a great thing\,' the rabbis teach\
 ; 'but to learn one virtue is greater.' In Benedictine spirituality\, two 
 constants emerge clearly: first\, community prayer is central to the life 
 and second\, whatever is done must be done well. To fail to prepare the pr
 ayer\, then\, to pray poorly and sloppily\, to read the scripture to peopl
 e who do not have books and to read it without care\, without sense\, with
 out accuracy is to strike at the very core of the community life. It is a 
 fault serious enough to undermine the spiritual life of the community. It 
 is not to be endured.\n\n'Those who pray without knowing what they pray\,'
  Maimon ben Joseph wrote\, 'do not pray.' If anything\, this chapter requi
 res us to ask even to this day how it is that we can hear the scripture bu
 t never study it\, pray prayers but never contemplate the universal implic
 ations of them\, go through rituals but never immerse ourselves in their m
 eaning. How is it that we too pray without thinking\, pray carelessly\, pr
 ay poorly or pray without thought?
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LOCATION:Chapter 45
SUMMARY:Mistakes in the Oratory
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