Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- An Invitation -- Introduction -- Prologue -- 1. The Kinds of Monastics -- 2. Qualities of the Abbot or Prioress -- 3. Summoning the Community for Counsel -- 4. The Tools for Good Works -- 5. Obedience -- 6. Restraint of Speech -- 7. Humility -- 8. The Divine Office at Night -- 9. The Number of Psalms at the Night Office -- 10. The Arrangement of the Night Office in Summer -- 11. The Celebration of Vigils on Sunday -- 12. The Celebration of the Solemnity of Lauds -- 13. The Celebration of Lauds on Ordinary Days -- 14. The Celebration of Vigils on the Anniversaries of Saints -- 15. The Times for Saying Alleluia -- 16. The Celebration of the Divine Office during the Day -- 17. The Number of Psalms to Be Sung at These Hours -- 18. The Order of the Psalmody -- 19. The Discipline of Psalmody -- 20. Reverence in Prayer -- 21. The Deans of the Monastery -- 22. The Sleeping Arrangements of Monastics -- 23. Excommunication for Faults -- 24. Degrees of Excommunication -- 25. Serious Faults -- 26. Unauthorized Association with the Excommunicated -- 27. The Concern of the Abbot and Prioress for the Excommunicated -- 28. Those Who Refuse to Amend after Frequent Reproofs -- 29. Readmission of Members Who Leave the Monastery -- 30. The Manner of Reproving the Young -- 31. Qualifications of the Monastery Cellarer -- 32. The Tools and Goods of the Monastery -- 33. Monastics and Private Ownership -- 34. Distribution of Goods according to Need -- 35. Kitchen Servers of the Week -- 36. The Sick -- 37. The Elderly and the Young -- 38. The
Reader for the Week -- 39. The Proper Amount of Food -- 40. The Proper Amount of Drink -- 41. The Times for Meals -- 42. Silence after Compline -- 43. Tardiness at the Opus Dei or at Table -- 44. Satisfaction by the Excommunicated -- 45. Mistakes in the Oratory.
46. Faults Committed in Other Matters -- 47. Announcing the Hours for the Opus Dei -- 48. The Daily Manual Labor -- 49. The Observance of Lent -- 50. Members Working at a Distance or Traveling -- 51. Members on a Short Journey -- 52. The Oratory of the Monastery -- 53. The Reception of Guests -- 54. Letters or Gifts -- 55. Clothing and Footwear -- 56. The Prioress's or Abbot's Table -- 57. The Artisans of the Monastery -- 58. The Procedure for Receiving Members -- 59. The Offering of Children by Nobles or by the Poor -- 60. The Admission of Priests to the Monastery -- 61. The Reception of Visiting Monastics -- 62. The Priests of the Monastery -- 63. Community Rank -- 64. The Election of a Prioress or Abbot -- 65. The Prior and Subprioress of the Monastery -- 66. The Porter of the Monastery -- 67. Members Sent on a Journey -- 68. Assignment of Impossible Tasks -- 69. The Presumption of Defending Another in the Monastery -- 70. The Presumption of Striking Another Monastic at Will -- 71. Mutual Obedience -- 72. The Good Zeal of Monastics -- 73. This Rule Only a Beginning of Perfection -- Acknowledgments -- Photo Credits.