{"id":151,"date":"2022-10-04T21:16:41","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T21:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/ruleofbenedict\/?post_type=chapter&p=151"},"modified":"2023-01-27T20:49:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T20:49:33","slug":"rb-35","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/ruleofbenedict\/chapter\/rb-35\/","title":{"raw":"35. The Weekly Kitchen Servers","rendered":"35. The Weekly Kitchen Servers"},"content":{"raw":"<\/a>The brothers should serve each other by turns, and no one should be excused from kitchen duty except for the sick or those engaged in some crucial service, 2\u00a0<\/sup>for in this way they gain a greater reward and greater love.\r\n\r\n3\u00a0<\/sup>Let the weak, however, have help so that they may do this without sadness. 4\u00a0<\/sup>Indeed, all should have help as the number of the community or the situation of the place may require. 5\u00a0<\/sup>If the community is larger, let the manager be excused from the kitchen, and anyone else, as we have said, who is engaged in matters of greater service.\r\n\r\n6\u00a0<\/sup>Let all the rest serve one another, in turn, with love.\r\n\r\n7\u00a0<\/sup>Let the one finishing the week\u2019s service on Saturday do the cleaning. 8\u00a0<\/sup>They are to wash the towels that the brothers use to wipe their hands and feet. 9\u00a0<\/sup>Then, both the one finishing as well as the one beginning are to wash the feet of all. 10\u00a0<\/sup>The utensils of his service he should hand back to the manager clean and intact. 11\u00a0<\/sup>The manager should then hand them out to the one beginning, and in this way he knows what he hands out and what he gets back.\r\n\r\n<\/a>12\u00a0<\/sup>Now an hour before the meal, the weekly servers should each receive a drink and some bread over and above the appointed portion, 13\u00a0<\/sup>so that they may serve their brothers at mealtime without murmuring or hardship. 14\u00a0<\/sup>On solemn feast days, however, they should keep the fast until after the concluding prayers.\r\n\r\n15\u00a0<\/sup>On Sunday, as soon as Matins are ended, let both those beginning and those ending their week bow down before the knees of all in the oratory, asking prayers for themselves. 16\u00a0<\/sup>Let the one finishing his week say this verse:\r\n
Blessed are you, Lord God, <\/em>\r\nwho have helped me and comforted me. <\/em>(Dan 3:52; Ps 86:17)<\/em><\/blockquote>\r\n17\u00a0<\/sup>After the one finishing has said this three times and has received a blessing, the one beginning follows and says:\r\n
O God, come to my assistance, <\/em>\r\nO Lord make haste to help me. (Ps 70:2)<\/em><\/blockquote>\r\n18\u00a0<\/sup>This is also repeated three times by all; and having received a blessing, let him begin.\r\n\r\n ","rendered":"

<\/a>The brothers should serve each other by turns, and no one should be excused from kitchen duty except for the sick or those engaged in some crucial service, 2\u00a0<\/sup>for in this way they gain a greater reward and greater love.<\/p>\n

3\u00a0<\/sup>Let the weak, however, have help so that they may do this without sadness. 4\u00a0<\/sup>Indeed, all should have help as the number of the community or the situation of the place may require. 5\u00a0<\/sup>If the community is larger, let the manager be excused from the kitchen, and anyone else, as we have said, who is engaged in matters of greater service.<\/p>\n

6\u00a0<\/sup>Let all the rest serve one another, in turn, with love.<\/p>\n

7\u00a0<\/sup>Let the one finishing the week\u2019s service on Saturday do the cleaning. 8\u00a0<\/sup>They are to wash the towels that the brothers use to wipe their hands and feet. 9\u00a0<\/sup>Then, both the one finishing as well as the one beginning are to wash the feet of all. 10\u00a0<\/sup>The utensils of his service he should hand back to the manager clean and intact. 11\u00a0<\/sup>The manager should then hand them out to the one beginning, and in this way he knows what he hands out and what he gets back.<\/p>\n

<\/a>12\u00a0<\/sup>Now an hour before the meal, the weekly servers should each receive a drink and some bread over and above the appointed portion, 13\u00a0<\/sup>so that they may serve their brothers at mealtime without murmuring or hardship. 14\u00a0<\/sup>On solemn feast days, however, they should keep the fast until after the concluding prayers.<\/p>\n

15\u00a0<\/sup>On Sunday, as soon as Matins are ended, let both those beginning and those ending their week bow down before the knees of all in the oratory, asking prayers for themselves. 16\u00a0<\/sup>Let the one finishing his week say this verse:<\/p>\n

Blessed are you, Lord God, <\/em>
\nwho have helped me and comforted me. <\/em>(Dan 3:52; Ps 86:17)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

17\u00a0<\/sup>After the one finishing has said this three times and has received a blessing, the one beginning follows and says:<\/p>\n

O God, come to my assistance, <\/em>
\nO Lord make haste to help me. (Ps 70:2)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

18\u00a0<\/sup>This is also repeated three times by all; and having received a blessing, let him begin.<\/p>\n

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