The Rule of St. Benedict

Written as a practical guide for monastic living, The Rule of St. Benedict covers topics such as charity, integrity, humility, family spirituality, and simplistic living. This timeless work has become a guide for religious communities throughout history, and St. Benedict himself is now widely recognized as the father of Western monasticism. In discussing religion and instructing readers on how to live a simple and holy life, this text reaches contemporary and widespread issues. The Rule of St. Benedict serves as a guide not only for religious societies but also for achieving peace and unity in families as it brings the reader to understanding spirituality, both individually and as a community, as well as the importance and the challenges of physical labor and responsibility.

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1. Opening Credits
2. Preface
3. Prologue
4. Chapter 1: Of the Several Kinds of Monks and Their Way of Life
5. Chapter 2: What Kind of Man the Abbot Ought to Be
6. Chapter 3: Of Calling the Brethren to Council
7. Chapter 4: What Are the Instruments of Good Works
8. Chapter 5: Of Obedience
9. Chapter 6: Of the Practice of Silence
10. Chapter 7: Of Humility
11. Chapter 8: Of the Divine Office at Night
12. Chapter 9: How Many Psalms Are to Be Said at the Night-Hours
13. Chapter 10: How the Night-Office Is to Be Said in Summer Time
14. Chapter 11: How the Night-Office Is to Be Said on Sundays
15. Chapter 12: How the Solemn Office of Lauds Is to Be Said
16. Chapter 13: How Lauds Are to Be Said on Week-Days
17. Chapter 14: How the Night-Office Is to Be Said on Saints’-Days
18. Chapter 15: At What Times of the Year Alleluia Is to Be Said
19. Chapter 16: How the Work of God Is to Be Done in the Day-Time
20. Chapter 17: How Many Psalms Are to Be Sung at These Hours
21. Chapter 18: In What Order the Psalms Are to Be Said
22. Chapter 19: Of the Discipline of Saying the Divine Office
23. Chapter 20: Of Reverence at Prayer
24. Chapter 21: Of the Deans of the Monastery
25. Chapter 22: How the Monks Are to Sleep
26. Chapter 23: Of Excommunication for Offenses
27. Chapter 24: What the Measure of Excommunication Should Be
28. Chapter 25: Of Graver Faults
29. Chapter 26: Of Those Who, Without Leave of the Abbot, Consort with the Excommunicate
30. Chapter 27: How Careful the Abbot Should Be of the Excommunicate
31. Chapter 28: Of Those Who, Being Often Corrected, Do Not Amend
32. Chapter 29: Whether the Brethren Who Leave the Monastery Are to Be Received Again
33. Chapter 30: How the Younger Boys Are to Be Corrected
34. Chapter 31: What Kind of Man the Cellarer of the Monastery Is to Be
35. Chapter 32: Of the Iron Tools, and Property of the Monastery
36. Chapter 33: Whether Monks Ought to Have Anything of Their Own
37. Chapter 34: Whether All Ought Alike to Receive What Is Needful
38. Chapter 35: Of the Weekly Servers in the Kitchen
39. Chapter 36: Of the Sick Brethren
40. Chapter 37: Of Old Men and Children
41. Chapter 38: Of the Weekly Reader
42. Chapter 39: Of the Measure of Food
43. Chapter 40: Of the Measure of Drink
44. Chapter 41: At What Hours the Brethren Are to Take Their Meals
45. Chapter 42: That No One May Speak After Compline
46. Chapter 43: Of Those Who Come Late to the Work of God, or to Table
47. Chapter 44: Of Those Who Are Excommunicated, How They Are to Make Satisfaction
48. Chapter 45: Of Those Who Make Mistakes in the Oratory
49. Chapter 46: Of Those Who Offend in Any Other Matters
50. Chapter 47: Of Signifying the Hour for the Work of God
51. Chapter 48: Of the Daily Manual Labor
52. Chapter 49: Of the Observance of Lent
53. Chapter 50: Of the Brethren Who Are Working at a Distance from the Oratory, or Are on a Journey
54. Chapter 51: Of the Brethren Who Go Not Very Far Off
55. Chapter 52: Of the Oratory of the Monastery
56. Chapter 53: Of Receiving Guests
57. Chapter 54: Whether a Monk Ought to Receive Letters or Tokens
58. Chapter 55: Chapter 55: Of the Clothes and Shoes of the Brethren
59. Chapter 56: Chapter 56: Of the Abbot’s Table
60. Chapter 57: Chapter 57: Of the Artificers of the Monastery
61. Chapter 58: Chapter 58: Of the Discipline of Receiving Brethren into Religion
62. Chapter 59: Of the Sons of Nobles, or of Poor Men, That Are Offered
63. Chapter 60: Of Priests Who May Wish to Dwell in the Monastery
64. Chapter 61: Of Stranger Monks, How They Are to Be Received
65. Chapter 62: Of the Priests of the Monastery
66. Chapter 63: Of the Order of the Community
67. Chapter 64: Of the Appointment of the Abbot
68. Chapter 65: Of the Provost of the Monastery
69. Chapter 66: Of the Porter of the Monastery
70. Chapter 67: Of Brethren Who Are Sent on a Journey
71. Chapter 68: If a Brother Be Commanded to Do Impossibilities
72. Chapter 69: That No One Presume to Defend Another in the Monastery
73. Chapter 70: That No One Presume to Strike Another
74. Chapter 71: That the Brethren Be Obedient One to the Other
75. Chapter 72: Of the Good Zeal Which Monks Ought to Have
76. Chapter 73: That the Whole Observance of Perfection Is Not Set Down in this Rule
77. Closing Credits