The monks’ day was punctuated by prayer. Other than private prayer and meditation, their obligations were twofold: (1) The celebrating (for priests) and the attending of mass, (2) the recitation of the daily offices, known as the Hours of Prayer or Canonical Hours, which comprised Mattins and Lauds (reckoned as a single hour), Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers and Compline. (See the Benedictine Monk’s Way of Life for details).
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