LET the table of the Abbot be always with the guests and strangers. But as often as there are few guests, it shall be in his power to invite any of the brethren. Let him take care, however, always to leave one or two seniors with the brethren for the sake of discipline.
The Rule of Saint Benedict
Chapter 56. Of the Abbot’s Table
1 section
Transcribed from a dated scan; artifacts may remain. Edition notes
Trans. D. Oswald Hunter Blair (in religion, Dom Oswald Hunter Blair; David Oswald Hunter Blair, 4th Baronet, 1853-1939), a Benedictine monk of Fort Augustus Abbey, Not part of a named series; a standalone Abbey Press printing, 1906. Public domain.