A Critical Study of the Rule of Benedict - Volume 3: Liturgy, Sleeping Arrangements, and the Penal Code

by Adalbert de Vogüé, Colleen Maura McGrane (Translation)

The work of Adalbert de Vogüé, OSB (1924 2011) serves as the basis of all serious study of the Rule of Benedict. this third volume in the series "A Critical Study of The Rule of Benedict" interprets The Rule, especially facets of monastic life that secular readers might find unimportant such as prayer regimen, psalmody, correction of faults, and everyday routines like sleeping arrangements. This meticulous scholarship in an accessible translation by Benedictine Sister Colleen Maura McGrane traces how Benedict departed from earlier Rules and explains why, more than 1,500 years later, monasteries still follow these practices. (Judith Valente - author of How to What The Rule of St. Benedict Teaches Us About Happiness, Meaning and Community)

354 pages, Paperback

Published January 21, 2019

About the author

Adalbert de Vogüé OSB was a Benedictine monk widely regarded as the authority on the Rule of St Benedict.