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"None" in Latin refers to the "ninth hour," which would typically be around mid-afternoon. The monastic community gathers together once again to recall the hour that Jesus died upon the cross and for the grace that was bestowed on the world by his self-giving. As the day's light begins to shift and the shadows lengthen, so we, too, start to experience a decline as the sun descends. We recall that God's Son descends into the darkness at the moment of his death but we keep that unwavering faith in his resurrection.