Saturday, March 28, 2009

Not Concentrating On The Melody Of The Chant

And so I beseech the Minister General, my superior, to see that the Rule is observed inviolably by all, and that the clerics say the Office devoutly, not concentrating on the melody of the chant, but being careful that their words may in harmony with their hearts and and their hearts with God.

Saint Francis of Assisi
LETTER TO A GENERAL CHAPTER

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