Chapter Eight
CHAPTER EIGHT
On the Divine Office during the Night
THE brethren will rise during the winter season, that is, from the calends of November till Easter, at the eighth hour of the night (as one would reasonably calculate it); so that, having rested until just past midnight, they may rise after they have fully digested their supper. The time, however, which remains over after the night Office will be employed in study by those of the brethren who still have some parts of the psalms and the lessons to learn.
But from Easter to the aforesaid calends, let the hour for celebrating the night Office be so arranged, that after a very short interval, during which the brethren may go out for the necessities of nature, the morning Office, which is to be said at the break of day, may follow shortly thereafter.