bulletin board in Gothic script. (There, the notice was attributed to Saint Benedict). An article published by Assumption Abbey, of North Dakota, U.S., challenged that the translation of the Benedictine motto is , meaning, "[To say] 'Pray!' equals [saying] 'Work! It argued that that interpretation is a result of urban legend and that the actual motto is , meaning "pray and work!" The latter would refer to two major components of a monastic life: first prayer and then work to support the community and its charities. See also Rule of Saint Augustine Rule of Saint Basil Benedictine rite Columban Rule Rule of the Master Rule of Saint Albert Latin Rule Customary (liturgy) References Notes R. W. Southern, Western Society and the Church in the Middle Ages. Pelican, 1970 Henry Mayr-Harting, The Venerable Bede, the Rule of St Benedict, and Social Class. Jarrow Lecture 1976; Jarrow: Rector of Jarrow, 1976. Christopher Derrick, The Rule of Peace: St. Benedict and the European Future. Still River, Mass.: St. Bede's Publications. 2002. External links , translated by Leonard J. Doyle The Holy Rule of Saint Benedict, translated by Boniface Verheyen https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/5d0e482b-2222-455a-b75e-d8ca73e93c6b/ Online scanned images of complete late 10th or early 11th century copy of the Rule of St. Benedict in Latin (Corpus Christi College Oxford University UK)] An Introduction to the Rule by Jerome Theisen, former Abbot Primate of the Benedictine Confederation The Rule of Saint Benedict in Latin 6th-century books 6th-century Christian texts Order of Saint Benedict Benedictine spirituality Organisation of Catholic religious orders Asceticism History of Catholic monasticism Monastic rules Benedictine literature