A CONTEMPLATIVE GAME OF THE BENEDICTINE DAY

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Brother Anselm scrubs the floors of his abbey from Vigils to Compline, every day. Under the dust of each room lies a line of the Rule of St Benedict, and somewhere, a small lost thing.

Move the pointer, or drag a finger, and the brush follows. Arrow keys work too.
Scrub in slow, steady circles. Calm strokes clean best, and held long enough they bring Grace, which widens the brush.
When the brush runs dry, tap the bucket or press Space to rinse.
Near the end, the last dirty patches glimmer. A clean floor reveals a teaching, and the bell calls you on.

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DAY I · ABOUT 3 A.M.

Vigils

The Nave · Ecclesia

TAP OR CLICK TO TAKE UP THE BRUSH

Statio

The pause before going on.

SOUNDBells, chant and the brush

VOLUME

GENTLE PACENo penalty for hurrying

The Book

Every teaching uncovered on the abbey floors, every psalm prayed while scrubbing, and the small things found along the way. The Rule asks to be read often in community, so the teachings return after the third day.