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Four Psalms to be Sung
“Vespers each day has four psalms to be sung”
-Saint Benedict
Soft Vespers is the evening’s liturgical hour
In the natural rhythm of each life
A song of the ordered world now hymned into
The verses of that Song He sings through us
This hour is given to us when sunbeams slant
Across the floor and up onto the Cross
And there we leave the labors of our day
Our works of hand and heart and mind and soul
Eternal truths chanted by every tongue:
“Vespers each day has four psalms to be sung” 1
1 Saint Benedict’s Rule, Ampleforth Abbey
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