Bored by the Rule of St. Benedict?

Do you at times find reading the Rule just a little obscure and boring? Apart from giving instructions for a monastic community on how to read the Psalter, what relevance does it have for Oblates and Companions of St. Benedict? Take for instance the reading for today:

Chapter 18 ~ Feb. 22 - June 23 - Oct. 23

At Terce, Sext and None on Monday
let the nine remaining sections of Psalm 118 be said,
three at each of these Hours.
Psalm 118 having been completed, therefore,
on two days, Sunday and Monday,
let the nine Psalms from Psalm 119 to Psalm 127
be said at Terce, Sext and None,
three at each Hour,
beginning with Tuesday.

And let these same Psalms be repeated every day until Sunday
at the same Hours,
while the arrangement of hymns, lessons and verses
is kept the same on all days;
and thus Prime on Sunday will always begin with Psalm 118.

Let me explain:

Always pay attention to context. The previous section says in part:

Then at Prime on Sunday
four sections of Psalm 118 are to be said;
and at each of the remaining Hours,
that is Terce, Sext and None,
three sections of the same Psalm 118.

Psalm 118 in the Roman Catholic division of Psalms is actually Psalm 119. A key verse giving the theme is “Thy word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (RSV Psalm 119:105).

For both Monks, Oblates and Companions Holy Scripture is the voice of God speaking to our souls. Souls? Our inner being, our person, who we are apart from the shell of the body. Psalm 119 reminds us that if we hide His word in our hearts, we will not sin against Him, or against each other for that matter (Psalm 119:11). In this section from the Rule St. Benedict instructs us to keep the love of the Word of God central in our hearts and minds every day of the week.