Sunday, August 30, 2009

Off to the Monastery

September 2-9 I'll be staying at the traditional Benedictine Monastery of Our Lady of Guadalupe in New Mexico.

Throughout the day I'll go to Mass, pray the
Divine Office, meditate, read, and work.

Here's the schedule the Brothers live at the monastery; I'll try to keep up with them:
3:00 a.m. Rise
3:30
Matins
4:30 Lectio Divina (Divine Reading)
5:30
Lauds
6:00 Angelus, Private Mass, Mental Prayer in the Choir
7:00 Breakfast
7:30
Prime, Chapter
8:00 Lectio Divina
9:30
Terce, Conventual Mass
10:30 Class, Study, or Manual Work
11:45
Sext
12:00 p.m. Angelus, Lunch
2:00 (the office of)
None
2:15 Manual Work
5:30
Vespers, Mental Prayer in Choir
6:30 Dinner
7:30
Compline, Angelus
8:00 Retire

Read more about this particular monastery here.

1 comment:

Kindred Spirit said...

What a grace to be able to have such a week! Please keep my intentions in your prayers. May God bless you and Saint Benedict guide you.