The Rule of Saint Benedict (Audiobook)

The Rule of Saint Benedict is a book of precepts written in Latin in 516 by St Benedict of Nursia (c. AD 480-550) for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot.
00:00 Prologue
08:24 1. The Kinds of Monks
10:41 2. Qualities of the Abbot
18:31 3. Summoning the Brothers for Counsel
20:33 4. The Tools for Good Works
26:23 5. Obedience
29:32 6. Restraint of Speech
31:17 7. Humility
44:46 8. The Divine Office at Night
45:38 9. The Number of Psalms at the Night Office
47:21 10. The Arrangement of the Night Office in Summer
48:04 11. The Celebration of Vigils on Sunday
50:12 12. The Celebration of the Solemnity of Lauds
55:55 13. The Celebration of Lauds on Ordinary Days
52:53 14. The Celebration of Vigils on the Anniversaries of Saints
53:18 15. The Times for Saying Alleluia
53:57 16. The Celebration of the Divine Office during the Day
55:03 17. The Number of Psalms to Be Sung at These Hours
56:42 18. The Order of the Psalmody
01:00:10 19. The Discipline of Psalmody
01:01:03 20. Reverence in Prayer
01:01:51 21. The Deans of the Monastery
01:02:51 22. The Sleeping Arrangements of the Monks
01:03:58 23. Excommunication for Faults
01:04:44 24. Degrees of Excommunication
01:05:38 25. Serious Faults
01:06:26 26. Unauthorized Association with the Excommunicated
01:06:48 27. The Abbot's Concern for the Excommunicated
01:08:36 28. Those Who Refuse to Amend after Frequent Reproofs
01:10:00 29. Readmission of Brothers Who Leave the Monastery
01:10:36 30. The Manner of Reproving Boys
01:11:06 31. Qualifications of the Monastery Cellarer
01:13:43 32. The Tools and Goods of the Monastery
01:14:33 33. Monks and Private Ownership
01:15:38 34. Distribution of Goods According to Need
01:16:30 35. Kitchen Servers of the Week
01:19:04 36. The Sick Brothers
01:20:30 37. The Elderly and Children
01:21:01 38. The Reader for the Week
01:22:51 39. The Proper Amount of Food
01:24:27 40. The Proper Amount of Drink
01:25:51 41. The Times for the Brothers' Meals
01:27:11 42. Silence after Compline
01:28:44 43. Tardiness at the Work of God or at Table
01:31:36 44. Satisfaction by the Excommunicated
01:33:03 45. Mistakes in the Oratory
01:33:33 46. Faults Committed in Other Matters
01:34:26 47. Announcing the Hours for the Work of God
01:35:07 48. The Daily Manual Labor
01:38:28 49. The Observance of Lent
01:40:02 50. Brothers Working at a Distance or Traveling
01:40:36 51. Brothers on a Short Journey
01:40:58 52. The Oratory of the Monastery
01:41:47 53. The Reception of Guests
01:45:03 54. Letters or Gifts for Monks
01:45:54 55. The Clothing and Footwear of the Brothers
01:48:57 56. The Abbot's Table
01:49:10 57. The Artisans of the Monastery
01:50:20 58. The Procedure for Receiving Brothers
01:55:06 59. The Offering of Sons by Nobles or by the Poor
01:56:29 60. The Admission of Priests to the Monastery
01:57:47 61. The Reception of Visiting Monks
02:00:08 62. The Priests of the Monastery
02:01:35 63. Community Rank
02:04:28 64. The Election of an Abbot
02:08:17 65. The Prior of the Monastery
02:11:27 66. The Porter of the Monastery
02:12:42 67. Brothers Sent on a Journey
02:13:47 68. Assignment of Impossible Tasks to a Brother
02:14:41 69. The Presumption of Defending Another in the Monastery
02:15:14 70. The Presumption of Striking Another Monk at Will
02:16:16 71. Mutual Obedience
02:17:28 72. The Good Zeal of Monks
02:18:31 73. This Rule Only a Beginning of Perfection

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The rule of Benedict is the way to live.

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This is by far the best reading of the Rule on UA-cam. Thanks!

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[@coryhughes]

I enjoyed this translation and the narrators voice was enjoyable. Well done. This was my first time consuming this work. Thank you.

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Thankyou !