<THE SILENCE TO BE MAINTAINED IN CHURCH>
. . . . Having already summarily reviewed by writs the items
related to the Hours within the church during the performance
of God's Work—inviolable at all times and of primary
importance by virtue of attention and prestige, for which the
Lord supplied the form and content—these matters regarding
God's Work seem worth adding: If it is summer time, it is
proper, upon completion of the Hours after which one normally
goes to the refectory, for all to sit silently in church. Then when
they hear the signal they should leave quietly, reverently giving
thanks to God. And in the said silence entering and sitting and
leaving the refectory, each should then attend to those matters
that the seasonal schedule calls for, or that he has been ordered
to do. But if it be winter, and getting warm is a vital necessity,
according as he who is in charge shall see fit either before or
after the completion of the Office, he shall allow some period
when they can warm themselves; but if not, let them wait in the
church, as above. And so, these additions to the subject.
