Rule of St Benedict for the Day

For bedding let this suffice: a mattress, a blanket, a coverlet and pillow. The beds should be examined frequently by the abbot, lest any private property be concealed in them. If any brother be found to have anything that he has not received from the abbot, let him undergo the strictest punishment. And in order that this evil of private ownership may be rooted out utterly, let the abbot .. read more »