How the Night Office Is to Be Said in Summer Time
Oct. 13
From Easter until the Calends of November let the same number of Psalms be kept as prescribed above; but no lessons are to be read from the book, on account of the shortness of the nights. Instead of those three lessons let one lesson from the Old Testament be said by heart and followed by a short responsory. But all the rest should be done as has been said, that is to say that never fewer than twelve Psalms should be said at the Night Office, not counting Psalm 3 and Psalm 94.
Reflection
Like the monks we must be among those who keep watch during the night, the night of doubt, the night of trial. Let us remember that every aspect of our life, in other words our whole life, belongs to Him who loves us and who longs to take charge of everything in and for us, in other words to seduce us so that we may become entirely His. True prayer is at work deep with us clearing away our inner clutter. So it is up to us to allow the Spirit to carry out His work in us so that the community, which is the Church, may be transformed by grace.
ork. We must also take time to read and meditate on a passage from the Scriptures chosen according to the liturgical season or found in the Mass of the day.
