The difference in men and women, mentally and physically, must be recognised without any consideration of superiority, inferiority, or equality. In the majority of homes, even in the modern world, the wife and mother make the most far-reaching and deep influence on the religious life of the family. (To be continued)Ī RULE OF LIFE (Continued): Different by God’s will, creation, and appointment, men and women are the complement of each other. The entire Psalter was said over the course of a week, and the other books of the Bible were appointed to be read at least once in the course of the years. The laity were not obligated to attend even though they were encouraged to do so when they could, particularly the morning office of Lauds (Matins) and evening Vespers commonly said in parish churches on Sundays and Holy Days. Parish clergy were expected to read them each day at some convenient time if they were prevented from attending them in church. Justification for this sevenfold scheme was fond in Psalm 119: 164: “Seven times a day do I praise Thee.” They were sung daily in choir in all monasteries, cathedral, and churches with a collegiate body of clergy. It consisted of eight distinct services, although they were counted as only seven since two of them were combined as one continuous service. FATHER’S TEACHING CORNER: By the middle of the 6th century the classical pattern of the Daily Offices in the Western Church had been perfected and outlined in the monastic rule of St.

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