The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, January 1865
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The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, January 1865
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96. The celebration of every [canonical] hour
With each order we perform;
Three genuflexions before celebration,
Three more after it.
97. Silence and fervour,
Tranquillity without grief,
Without murmur, without contention,
Is due of every one.
OF THE ORDER OF REFECTION, AND OF THE REFECTORY.
98. The Rule of the Refectory after this,
It is no injury to it to mention it;
It is for the abbot of proper orders
To judge each according to his rank.
99. The question of the refectory at all times,
Thus is it permitted:
An ample meal to the workmen,
In whatever place they be.
100. Tenderness to the seniors
Who cannot come to their meals,
Whatever be their condition,
That they come not to neglect.
101. Different is the condition of every one;
Different is the nature of every wickedness;
Different the law in which is found
The adding to a meal.
102. Sunday requires to be honoured,
Because of the King who freed it;
The feast of an apostle, noble martyr,
And the feasts of the saints,
103. Be without vigil, with increased meals.
A tranquil, easy life
From the night of great Christmas
Till after the Christmas of the Star.[2]
104. The festivals of the King of truth,
In whatever season they happen,
To honour them is proper,
To glorify them is right.
105. The fast of Lent was fasted by Christ
In the desert within;
The same as if it were your last day, you eat not
The meal of every day in it.
106. To fast upon Sunday I order not,
Because of the benignant Lord;
In the enumeration of the _tenth_,[3]
Nor of the year, it is not.
107. Joy, glory, reverence,
In great and glorious Easter,
The same as Easter every day,
Until Pentecost, is proper,
108. Without fasting, without heavy labour,
Without great vigils;
In figure of the glorious salvation
Which we shall receive _yonder_.
109. The feast of an apostle and martyr
In the time of the great Lent;
In figure of the righteousness
Which we shall receive _yonder_.
110. The two fast days of the week
Are to be observed by a proper fast,
Accordingly as the time occurs,
By him who has the strength.
111. Summer Lent or Winter _Lent_,[4]
Which are bitter of practice,
It is the laity that are bound to keep these,
Who do not do so perpetually.
112. For as regards the ecclesiastics,
Who abide in propriety,
It is certain that of Lent and fasting
All seasons are to them.[5]
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