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> to engage in prayer (meditating on the psalms as the Rule suggests) but > also to peruse such a text for study as a focus for their meditation? It might be simpler than that: St Teresa (Avila) used to say to her nuns, when they settled down to pray, 'Always take a book', as a standby against dryness or distraction or sleep. A good piece of advice: I observed one of our novices doing precisely that this morning. a.c. Anselm Cramer OSB Monastery Librarian Ampleforth Abbey, York GB - YO6 4EN [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%