Each morning at 8:30 we monks gather in our Chapter Room for any announcements by the Abbot or individual monks, then going over the day’s work assignments and finally reading out the names of the deceased members of our Subiaco Cassinese Congregation who died that day.
After that we also pray for all our deceased relatives, benefactors, friends and oblates.
The morning gathering concludes with the singing of Psalm 129, “Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord,” traditionally a prayer for the Faithful Departed.. The psalm is often called the “De Profundis,” the Latin words for “out of the depths.”
After the work meeting we go to church to pray the Office of Terce, then on to our work assignments.
