MONASTIC LIFE
CONTEMPLATIVE LIFE
- is to seek, ponder and call upon God in solitude so that the world proceeding from the mouth God may not return to him empaty that may, accomplish those things for which it was sent (Isaiah 55:10)
- a life becomes not a selfish pursue of God but a selfless abandonment to God for the good of all men.
COMMON LIFE
- to live in harmony having open mind and heart in God
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HORARIUM |
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5:00am |
rising bell |
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5:30am |
morning prayer followed by meditation for 30 minutes |
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6:00am - 7:00am |
mass |
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7:00am - 7:10am |
thanksgiving in silence |
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7:10am |
office of the reading |
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7:45am |
midmorning prayer |
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7:45am - 8:30am |
breakfast |
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9:00am - 11:00am |
work |
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11:45am - 12:00nn | miday prayer |
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12:00am - 1:00pm |
lunch |
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1:00pm - 1:30pm |
optional recreation |
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1:30pm - 2:30pm |
profound silence |
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2:45pm - 3:15pm |
midafternoon prayers, rosary |
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3:30pm - 4:45pm | work |
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5:00pm - 5:30pm | evening prayer or vesper |
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5:30pm - 6:00pm |
meditation |
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6:00pm - 7:00pm | suffer |
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7:00pm - 8:00pm | recreation |
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8:00pm - 8:30pm |
night prayer |
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8:30pm - 10:00pm |
study |
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10:00pm - 5:00am |
silence until the bell rings |
the above scheduel varice anytime depending on the priest who will celebrate the mass, on feast and solemnities, lent and advent season.
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SOLITUDE AND SILENCE
- She withdraws from the empty preoccupation and illusions of the world. Forgetting what lies behind and reaching out for what lies ahead (Phil 3:13, LCC 111)
PRAYER-
The nuns while living together in harmony follow Jesus as she withdraw in solitude to pray, devotee herself totally to God and perpetuate that singular gidt which the blessed father Dominic had "of sinners, the down-trodden and the affected in the innermost sanctuary of his compassion" (Jordan of Saxony Libellus #12)
STUDY-
A preparation for lectio divina. Also an aid to human maturity. It was only nourishes contemplation but also removes the impediments which rise to ignorance and informs the practical judgement (LCM 100.I,II)
RECREATION-
An example of father dominic of whom it was said " no one ever more community minded, no one more joyous" (Jordan of Saxony libbelus # 104)
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