Holy Saviour and the Additions: Of the Monastery of Saint Saviour and St. Bridget of Syon (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Forasmuch as we all offend in many things, it is needful that in many wise we be corrected therefor. Wherefore when the ordinary Chapter is held, the President shall come so thereto, that she may correct the faults of the Lay Sisters before the Choir Sisters come, they being there before and abiding her. And this Chapter shall be held with the same observance as the Choir Sisters' Chapter, except the reading. And if any more grievous fault be proclaimed in the Chapter, it shall be judged and corrected when the Choir Sisters are come. When, therefore, they come to their seats in the Chapter House, they shall incline religiously to the Majesty, and after, they shall incline a little to those between whom they shall sit.

If the Abbess hold the Chapter, all shall rise when she cometh, and as she goeth before them they shall incline. To another President they shall arise, but not incline. After this, when the President sayeth "Benedicite," they, bowing down somewhat their heads, shall answer: "Dominus," and when the President hath said: "Loquamur de ordine nostro," all that feel themselves guilty in any open fault, little or much, shall fall down prostrate before the President. To whom the President shall say: "Quid dicitis?" ("What say ye?") And then all they so prostrate shall answer, as it were with one voice: "Mea culpa." To whom the President shall say again: "Surgite!" ("Rise up!") And then forthwith they shall rise up and stand before the President in order, the eldest in the midst, who, inclining, shall acknowledge her faults, and after her every one of them do likewise in her order, saying their faults compendiously, plainly, audibly, that they may be clearly heard of all there, and also promise amendment.

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