Benedict’s Rule stipulates the daily practice of reading Scripture and praying as the primary means to “hear the Lord.” Prayer is offered in community seven times a day—matins/lauds (dawn), prime (early morning), terce (mid-morning), sext (mid-day), none (mid-afternoon), vespers (evening), and compline (night)—as well as vigils in the middle of the night! Each of these times is shaped by three or four psalms, Scripture readings, canticles, hymns, and prayers. The rule recommends an order of psalms,