On Brethren Who Are Sent on a Journey
Apr. 25—Aug. 25—Dec. 25
Let the brethren who are sent on a journey commend themselves to the
prayers of all the brethren and of the Abbot; and always at the last
prayer of the Work of God let a commemoration be made of all absent
brethren.
When brethren return from a journey, at the end of each canonical Hour
of the Work of God on the day they return, let them lie prostrate on the
floor of the oratory and beg the prayers of all on account of any faults
that may have surprised them on the road, through the seeing or hearing
of something evil, or through idle talk. And let no one presume to tell
another whatever he may have seen or heard outside of the monastery,
because this causes very great harm. But if anyone presumes to do so,
let him undergo the punishment of the Rule. And let him be punished
likewise who would presume to leave the enclosure of the monastery and
go anywhere or do anything, however small, without an order from the
Abbot.