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Category Archives: Monastic Monday
Monastic Monday: Receiving Guests
The Rule of St. Benedict’s reading for today concerns the reception of guests at the monastery. The Bible and ancient culture have a great emphasis on hospitality. Abraham hosts the three “angels,” Jesus invited himself over to Zacchaeus’s house, he … Continue reading
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Tagged desert father, God, hospitality, Jesus, monasticism, monk, Monks, Rule of St Benedict, St Benedict
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Monastic Monday: Monastic Vows/Practices Part 6: Prayer
I have previously talked about the Liturgy of the Hours (you can find that post here), but in this post I want to talk about prayer more generally. All monks and nuns pray. It is the most important thing that … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, God, Jesus, monastics, Monks, Nuns, personal prayer, Prayer, religion
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Monastic Monday: Monastic Vows/Practices Part 5: Conversion of Life
This practice is a very difficult one to just sum up and put a neat little bow on, saying this is how you do it go have fun. This looks different for each person; it is the process of changing … Continue reading
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Tagged Conversion of Life, God, Holy Spirit, Jesus, monasticism, Monks, Prayer, religion, Spiritual Practices
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Monastic Monday: Guest Post
Today, I have posted on a different blog about Stability. Sarah Carey has posted on my blog before and I have returned the favor for her. As you will remember Sarah is in South Korea for the year teaching English. … Continue reading
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Tagged God, guest post, Jesus, monasticism, religion, stability
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Monastic Monday: Monastic Vows/Practices Part 3: Hospitality
One aspect of the monastic practices that is sometimes forgotten by the world is the monasteries commitment to hospitality. The Rule of St. Benedict makes the role of hospitality clear. The start to chapter 53 of the Rule sets the … Continue reading
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Tagged church, God, hospitality, Jesus, Meinrad, monasticism, Monks, religion, St Benedict
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Monastic Monday: Monastic Vows/Practices Part 2: Chastity
I know you might be thinking to yourself, what is this guy going to tell me about chastity, he is married and has a kid. So obviously he sucks at chastity. Well my answer is that you (person I made … Continue reading
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Tagged Chastity, Francis, God, Monastic Monday, monasticism, Monks, Nuns, religion, St. Dominic, vows
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Monastic Monday: Monastic Vows/Practices Part 1: Simplicity
In the next few weeks I hope to post about several of the common/general monastic vows. Many of the Western Monastic traditions are characterized by similar monastic vows, for example: obedience and chastity. There are also common practices, such as … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, God, monasticism, Monks, religion, simplicity, vows
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Monastic Monday: Mercy for Dummies (and Jerks)
As announced last Monday, there is a guest post from Sarah Carey. You can find out a little bit more about Sarah here (from last week’s Monastic Monday post). You can also find out more about Sarah and her time in … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, God, guest post, mercy, Monastic Monday, religion, Sarah Carey, South Korea
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Monastic Monday: Coming Soon – Guest Post
Hey everyone, A post is coming, I have not forgot about the monastic fans for today. I have asked a friend of mine, Sarah Carey, to share some of her thoughts about mercy and monasticism with us today. Sarah is … Continue reading
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Tagged God, guest post, mercy, monasticism, Monks, Nuns, religion
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Monastic Monday: The Liturgy of the Hours
Cloistered monastics usually hold to the Liturgy of the Hours, seven prayer services practiced in a monastery. The Hours were developed by St. Benedict of Nursia, who took the form from John Cassian’s writings, on the practices of the Desert … Continue reading
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Tagged Divine Office, Liturgy of the Hours, Monastic Monday, Monks, Nuns, Prayer
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