canonical hours following the rule, the canon, of Saint Benedict.

祷告时间要遵照本笃会的圣规进行
The hours usually involved praying

祷告时间通常包括祈祷
and reading scripture and in singing.

阅读经文以及吟唱
And they started early in the morning about four o'clock

并且通常是在早上大约四点开始
in most houses at a canonical hour called Matins.

大部分的祷告时间称为晨祷
Next they would go on to celebrate Lauds about daybreak,

接下来在大约黎明的时候开始颂歌
and so on around the hours,

持续几小时
ending with Vespers and Compline.

最后以晚祷结束
And I might ask you here

我想问问你们
we actually have this service

因为在耶鲁大学社区里
in the Yale community,broadly speaking.

我们的确有这样的服务
It's not particularly religiously oriented at all.

这并不特别涉及宗教信仰