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| An Invitation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Prologue | |
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| The Kinds of Monastics | |
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| Qualities of the Abbot or Prioress | |
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| Summoning the Community for Counsel | |
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| The Tools for Good Works | |
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| Obedience | |
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| Restraint of Speech | |
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| Humility | |
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| The Divine Office at Night | |
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| The Number of Psalms at the Night Office | |
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| The Arrangement of the Night Office in Summer | |
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| The Celebration of Vigils on Sunday | |
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| The Celebration of the Solemnity of Lauds | |
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| The Celebration of Lauds on Ordinary Days | |
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| The Celebration of Vigils on the Anniversaries of Saints | |
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| The Times for Saying Alleluia | |
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| The Celebration of the Divine Office During the Day | |
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| The Number of Psalms to be Sung at These Hours | |
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| The Order of the Psalmody | |
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| The Discipline of Psalmody | |
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| Reverence in Prayer | |
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| The Deans of the Monastery | |
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| The Sleeping Arrangements of Monastics | |
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| Excommunication for Faults | |
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| Degrees of Excommunication | |
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| Serious Faults | |
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| Unauthorized Association with the Excommunicated | |
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| The Concern of the Abbot and Prioress for the Excommunicated | |
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| Those Who Refuse to Amend after Frequent Reproofs | |
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| Readmission of Members Who Leave the Monastery | |
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| The Manner of Reproving the Young | |
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| Qualifications of the Monastery Cellarer | |
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| The Tools and Goods of the Monastery | |
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| Monastics and Private Ownership | |
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| Distribution of Goods According to Need | |
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| Kitchen Servers of the Week | |
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| The Sick | |
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| The Elderly and the Young | |
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| The Reader for the Week | |
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| The Proper Amount of Food | |
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| The Proper Amount of Drink | |
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| The Times for Meals | |
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| Silence after Compline | |
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| Tardiness at the Opus Dei or at Table | |
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| Satisfaction by the Excommunicated | |
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| Mistakes in the Oratory | |
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| Faults Committed in Other Matters | |
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| Announcing the Hours for the Opus Dei | |
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| The Daily Manual Labor | |
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| The Observance of Lent | |
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| Members Working at a Distance or Traveling | |
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| Members on a Short Journey | |
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| The Oratory of the Monastery | |
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| The Reception of Guests | |
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| Letters or Gifts | |
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| Clothing and Footwear | |
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| The Prioress's or Abbot's Table | |
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| The Artisans of the Monastery | |
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| The Procedure for Receiving Members | |
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| The Offering of Children by Nobles or by the Poor | |
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| The Admission of Priests to the Monastery | |
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| The Reception of Visiting Monastics | |
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| The Priests of the Monastery | |
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| Community Rank | |
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| The Election of a Prioress or Abbot | |
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| The Prior and Subprioress of the Monastery | |
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| The Porter of the Monastery | |
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| Members Sent on a Journey | |
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| Assignment of Impossible Tasks | |
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| The Presumption of Defending Another in the Monastery | |
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| The Presumption of Striking Another Monastic at Will | |
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| Mutual Obedience | |
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| The Good Zeal of Monastics | |
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| This Rule only a Beginning of Perfection | |
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| Acknowledgments | |