From The Holy Rule and the oblates
Oblates may not be able to recite the daily monastic office, but they can recite some portion of it and so join in spirit with this official prayer of the church.
Private prayer is not to be neglected by the monk or the oblate . It flows spontaneously from the fulness of the liturgical prayer in which one has participated.
Above all , it is a consciousness of the presence of God which must not be wanting during prayer , whether with the community or in private . Benedict wants the monk when praising God to be conscious of his union with the choirs of the angels.
St Benedict strongly urges holy reading . Since the nourishing of holy thoughts depends on the food presented to the mind, the Oblate should develop an interest in religious reading , especially the reading of the Holy Bible . This could be done as a family project.
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