The sleepy like to make excuses.
Idleness is an enemy of the soul.
Listen and attend with the ear of your heart.
Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in devout reading.
And let them first pray together, that so they may associate in peace.
The prophet shows that, for the sake of silence, we are to abstain even from good talk. If this be so, how much more needful is it that we refrain from evil words, on account of the penalty of the sin!