{"id":4574,"date":"2025-05-05T19:02:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T17:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stift-rein.at\/belief\/pray\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:26:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:26:57","slug":"pray","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stift-rein.at\/en\/belief\/pray\/","title":{"rendered":"Pray"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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ORA: Pray\u00ading accor\u00adding to the Rule of SAINT Bene\u00addict<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A pil\u00adlar of the monastic com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty is the com\u00admon pray\u00ader of the hours (ora). In the lit\u00adur\u00adgy chap\u00adters, the foun\u00adder of the order, Bene\u00addict, gives pre\u00adcise ins\u00adtruc\u00adtions on how this is to pro\u00adceed, when which psalms are to be sung, and with what inner atti\u00adtu\u00adde the brot\u00adhers are to come to pray\u00ader. Thus, it is not a mat\u00adter of spea\u00adking many pious words, but rather demands \u201cpuri\u00adty of heart\u201d (RB 20:3) and the right mea\u00adsu\u00adre in pray\u00ader: \u201clet pray\u00ader in com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty be short\u201d (RB 20:5). <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Not the voice, \nbut the heart speaks<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The silent pray\u00ader of each indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal should also be cul\u00adti\u00adva\u00adted. \u201cIf anyo\u00adne wis\u00adhes to pray sil\u00adent\u00adly by hims\u00adelf, let him sim\u00adply enter and pray, not with a loud voice, but with the fer\u00advor of his heart\u201d (RB 52:4). Bene\u00addict also empha\u00adsi\u00adzes the importance of pray\u00ader in one of the so-cal\u00adled punish\u00adment chap\u00adters: \u201cNot\u00adhing is to be pre\u00adfer\u00adred to the divi\u00adne office\u201d (RB 43:3). The monk must inter\u00adrupt any work, no mat\u00adter how important, when it is time for divi\u00adne ser\u00advice. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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In addi\u00adti\u00adon to com\u00admu\u00adnal pray\u00ader, silent indi\u00advi\u00addu\u00adal pray\u00ader, and the cele\u00adbra\u00adti\u00adon of Mass, Saint Bene\u00addict also men\u00adti\u00adons lec\u00adtio divina as part of divi\u00adne ser\u00advice. \u201cThe\u00adr\u00ade\u00adfo\u00adre, the brot\u00adhers should occu\u00adpy them\u00adsel\u00adves at cer\u00adtain times with sacred rea\u00adding\u201d (RB 48:1), which means not only rea\u00adding Holy Scrip\u00adtu\u00adre and the texts of the Church Fathers, but also medi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon and reflec\u00adtion on them.
This is the reason why many extend the short ver\u00adsi\u00adon of the monastic rule of Saint Bene\u00addict \u201cORA et LABORA\u201d by \u201cet LEGE\u201d: Pray and work and read! <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PRAY ORA: Pray\u00ading accor\u00adding to the Rule of SAINT Bene\u00addict A pil\u00adlar of the monastic com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty is the com\u00admon pray\u00ader of the hours (ora). In the lit\u00adur\u00adgy chap\u00adters, the foun\u00adder of the order, Bene\u00addict, gives pre\u00adcise ins\u00adtruc\u00adtions on how this is to pro\u00adceed, when which psalms are to be sung, and with what inner atti\u00adtu\u00adde [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4570,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"unboxed","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"enabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4574","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPray - Stift Rein<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stift-rein.at\/en\/belief\/pray\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pray - Stift Rein\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PRAY ORA: Pray\u00ading accor\u00adding to the Rule of SAINT Bene\u00addict A pil\u00adlar of the monastic com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty is the com\u00admon pray\u00ader of the hours (ora). 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