Se Pāpa stent betwux marmarswērum, eald hīw bewæfed mid fægerrum līnum þegnunge. Cǣga hangiaþ of his handa, hnescce scīnende on þām seohteran templelēohte, and twēgen stille folgeras cnēowiaþ æt his fōtum. Se lyft is lȳtlum gestenced mid bōcfelle and hlāfe. Eald þēaw nis lār hēr. Hē is gelifd geērfe, fyrd carfulra dǣda on stān geseted lange ǣr tōniht. Þā ealdan wegas ne sind ān gemunode ac ēac gefremede, edlǣhte gebǣru, hwispriende gebed, forþgāng hāliges hlāfes, ælc styrenes ārīsende of forweredum flore þæs hāligdōmes.
Būtan þǣre corfenan dura sēo woruld is gehnesced mid stillre stilnesse ǣrmorgenes miste. Hit is se cyn wederes þe hnescce ongean þā hȳd þringeþ, ceald and drīge. On þām feldum þǣrbūtan hēage stelan hwǣtes būgaþ under hira āgenre wihte, ābīdigende rīpes. On þǣre ceastre bæceres handa dāh tō sinewealtum scyppaþ, and hire folma mid smalan duste of sæccum dustiaþ þe on sceadum cofum sind gehealden. Niþer strǣte of strǣtstānum munuc berþ scēaf bōcfelles under earm, word āwriten mid carfulum mannhandum. Þæs tūnes hūs sind nū stille, hira stān and limwāgas edlǣcende þēawas hundgēara: swāpa besmes ofer forweredum stānflōre, carful fealdung līnclāþes æt bēode, restung strēawhættes on næglum tō Sunnandæges dæglēohte.
Þis sind þā þing and þegnunga þurhwununge: mynstres gesandedan benc, blāc corn bærlices gemeten on wudubolle, corfen bānen cnæpp gesīwod on cnapan hrægl. On þǣre crȳpte under þām temple dūst bewint þā naman þe on stāntiglum sind corfene, and hīe healdeþ on cealdre unāstyredre stilnesse. Ufan se prēost ontendeþ ryselcandel, se līg bifigende lȳtlum ofer þām wēofode þā hwīle þe hē þā word cwiþ þe þurh cneorissa sind gongen. Þā twēgen folgeras his stefn edlǣcaþ, and þā līnan tō gemynde befæstaþ for eallum þām gēarum þe cumaþ. Hīe cnēowiaþ on gewefenum mealtum, þā þrǣdas rūge ac þurhwuniende, se ilca cyn gebroht of feorrum feldum þǣr scēap under genipodum heofonum gærsaþ.
Stǣr, on þissum stede, nis micel gemyndstān ac se hnesca þurhwunung gewunelīcra þinga. Ēadmōd hlāf gebrocen tō ǣfenmete, his rinde berende swæcc eorþan and geþyldes. Þæt bōcfell on þām cynngewrit is mid blæce āwriten, lȳtlum crēapende æt þām brerdum. Se stenc bærlices briwes stīmende of lāmbolle þā hwīle þe yldran spell ealdra rīpa reccaþ. Ælc gebǣre is cǣg, ontȳnende þā nīehstan tīd, þone nīehstan dæg, on worulde þe þā fæstan hand and þæt wel begīmene tōl weorþaþ. Se Pāpa lǣreþ nā mid āfindenesse ac mid ætȳwnesse hū man healde gefræge þæs þe ǣr is giefen.
Tōniht þū meaht bōc ontȳnan þæs brerd is gehrepod swā geþrycced līn, and þā āwritenan līnan mid fingre træcan. Oþþe þū meaht hlāf tō rīsenne āsettan, and hine mid clǣnum mēlsceate wrīon, and gemunan handa þe þē þis lǣrdon. Wēnunga þū swāpast þone flor mid slawum efnum swāpum, oþþe lȳtelne twig drīges hwǣtes on cuppan on þām heorþstāne setst. Þās lȳtlan dǣda, āwyrtrude on care and on edlǣce, sind grundstānas gehȳrsumnesse.
Tōdæges wyrdblēo is Fealu.
Lucky Color: Beige — #F5F5DCÞā ealdan wegas standaþ stillīce mid þē. Þæs þēawes cǣga sind on þīnum handum.