# Verified against Divinum Officium (Latin Regula, English translation).
canonicalDate: "03-13"
label:
  la: "Régula Sancti Patri Nostri Benedícti. Caput 35: De septimanáriis coquínæ"
  en: "The Rule of our Holy Father Benedict. Chapter 35: Concerning the Weekly Kitcheners"
text:
  la: |
    Fratres sibi ínvicem sérviant, ut nullus excusétur a coquínæ offício, nisi aut ægritúdo aut in causa gravis utilitátis quis occupátus fúerit, quia exínde major mercis et cáritas adquíritur. Inbecíllibus autem procuréntur solácia, ut non cum tristítia hoc fáciant; sed hábeant omnes solácia, secúndum modum congregatiónis aut positiónem loci. Si major congregátio fúerit, cellarárius excusétur a coquína, vel si qui, ut díximus, majóribus utilitátibus occupántur. Céteri sibi sub caritáte ínvicem sérviant. Egressúrus de septimána, sábbato mundítias fáciat. Líntea cum quibus sibi fratres manus aut pedes tergunt, lavent. Pedes vero tam ipse qui egréditur quam ille qui intratúrus est ómnibus lavent. Vasa ministérii sui munda et sana cellarário reconsígnet; qui cellarárius item intránti consígnet, ut sciat quod dat aut quod récipit.
  en: |
    Let the brethren serve in turn, in such wise that not one be excused from the office of kitchener, except either by reason of sickness, or if any be occupied in some other matter of special usefulness; for in such wise is charity acquired and greater merit. But to the weak let help be accorded, that they fulfil this office without sadness; and indeed let all have help according to the size of the community and the circumstances of the place. If the community be large, let the cellarer be excused from the kitchen; and also, as we have said, if there be any others who are occupied with important business.

    But the rest, let them, in the name of charity, take turns in serving. On Saturday let him who is about to go out from his week of service clean up everything. Let him wash the towels with which the brethren dry their hands and feet: and let both him who goes out and him who is about to enter alike wash the feet of all. Let him reconsign to the cellarer the vessels of his service, clean and whole; and let the cellarer reassign them to the one who comes in, that he may know what he gives and what he receives.
status:
  la: verified
  en: verified
