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X-WR-CALDESC:<i>We have already established the order for psalmody at Vigil
 s and Lauds. Now let us arrange the remaining hours.\n\nThree psalms are t
 o be said at Prime\, each followed by 'Glory be.' The hymn for this hour i
 s sung after the opening versicle\, 'God\, come to my assistance' (Ps 70:2
 )\, before the psalmody begins. One reading follows the three psalms\, and
  the hour is concluded with a versicle\, 'Lord\, have mercy' and the dismi
 ssal.\n\nPrayer is celebrated in the same way at Terce\, Sext and None: th
 at is\, the opening verse\, the hymn appropriate to each hour\, three psal
 ms\, a reading with a versicle\, 'Lord\, have mercy' and the dismissal. If
  the community is rather large\, refrains are used with the psalms\; if it
  is smaller\, the psalms are said without refrain.\n\nAt Vespers the numbe
 r of psalms should be limited to four\, with refrain. After these psalms t
 here follow: a reading and responsory\, an Ambrosian hymn\, a versicle\, t
 he Gospel Canticle\, the litany\, and\, immediately before the dismissal\,
  the Lord's Prayer.\n\nCompline is limited to three psalms without refrain
 . After the psalmody comes the hymn for this hour\, followed by a reading 
 a versicle\, 'Lord\, have mercy\,' a blessing and the dismissal.</i>\n\nPe
 rhaps the most important point to be made about the structure of prayer du
 ring the day hours\, during the periods of distraction and the times of wo
 rk is simply this. Even then\, prayer is to be prayer\, not a glancing tho
 ught\, not a shrug or a gesture or a mindless moment of empty daydreaming.
  It is to be brief\, yes. It is not\, however\, to be superficial. Benedic
 t wants us to pray the psalms. His own monks\, many of them illiterate and
  all of them without manuscripts\, memorized the psalms of the day hours s
 o that they could be prayed in the fields as well as in the prayer place.
 \n\nThis chapter\, consequently\, of all the chapters in the Rule on praye
 r is a real challenge to a modern society. What psalm prayers can we say w
 ithout reading? What prayers ring in our hearts? What do we think about wh
 en we're not thinking about anything special? Do we ever simply stop the w
 ork we are doing during the day\, look straight ahead and pray? What memor
 ized material does run through our minds and why do we memorize what we do
  but not our prayers?
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DESCRIPTION:<i>We have already established the order for psalmody at Vigils
  and Lauds. Now let us arrange the remaining hours.\n\nThree psalms are to
  be said at Prime\, each followed by 'Glory be.' The hymn for this hour is
  sung after the opening versicle\, 'God\, come to my assistance' (Ps 70:2)
 \, before the psalmody begins. One reading follows the three psalms\, and 
 the hour is concluded with a versicle\, 'Lord\, have mercy' and the dismis
 sal.\n\nPrayer is celebrated in the same way at Terce\, Sext and None: tha
 t is\, the opening verse\, the hymn appropriate to each hour\, three psalm
 s\, a reading with a versicle\, 'Lord\, have mercy' and the dismissal. If 
 the community is rather large\, refrains are used with the psalms\; if it 
 is smaller\, the psalms are said without refrain.\n\nAt Vespers the number
  of psalms should be limited to four\, with refrain. After these psalms th
 ere follow: a reading and responsory\, an Ambrosian hymn\, a versicle\, th
 e Gospel Canticle\, the litany\, and\, immediately before the dismissal\, 
 the Lord's Prayer.\n\nCompline is limited to three psalms without refrain.
  After the psalmody comes the hymn for this hour\, followed by a reading a
  versicle\, 'Lord\, have mercy\,' a blessing and the dismissal.</i>\n\nPer
 haps the most important point to be made about the structure of prayer dur
 ing the day hours\, during the periods of distraction and the times of wor
 k is simply this. Even then\, prayer is to be prayer\, not a glancing thou
 ght\, not a shrug or a gesture or a mindless moment of empty daydreaming. 
 It is to be brief\, yes. It is not\, however\, to be superficial. Benedict
  wants us to pray the psalms. His own monks\, many of them illiterate and 
 all of them without manuscripts\, memorized the psalms of the day hours so
  that they could be prayed in the fields as well as in the prayer place.\n
 \nThis chapter\, consequently\, of all the chapters in the Rule on prayer 
 is a real challenge to a modern society. What psalm prayers can we say wit
 hout reading? What prayers ring in our hearts? What do we think about when
  we're not thinking about anything special? Do we ever simply stop the wor
 k we are doing during the day\, look straight ahead and pray? What memoriz
 ed material does run through our minds and why do we memorize what we do b
 ut not our prayers?
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LOCATION:Chapter 17
SUMMARY:The Number of Psalms to Be Sung at these Hours
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