The Daily Office: Individual Devotions

It is the rota that makes the monk, not the habit

The cloister through which I would once “walk to work”

Rota - a round or rotation of duties.

Habit - a long, loose garment worn by a member of a religious order.

I would awake at 7 am without the need for an alarm clock.

As I was the monastery’s sacristan, after leaving my cell, dressed for the day in my black habit, I would set up the altar for the 8am M…