Conversion Of Life- Benedictine Monastic

[EJames2]

a Benedictine Monk from the Abbey at Le Barroux ,France, reflects on the general 3 traditional Religious Vows associated within Benedictine 'Conservatio Morum': Conversion of Life./ This is speaking of common Religious vows, though Benedictines themselves vow Conversion of Life, Stability and Obedience.
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Conversion de la vie au sein de monachisme bénédictin
English subs.
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PAX

Edited September 15, 2011 by EJames2

[Aya Sophia]

Wonderful. What more is there to say?

(If this monk isn't already novice master he ought to be!)

[inperpetuity]

Beauty, Truth, Goodness. Wow.

[emi77]

This is an exquisitly beautiful explanation!! Added it to my favourites! Thanks for posting. PAX

[HopefulBride]

I totally cried during this. Hearing it in french I could actually hear his heart and his sincerity and I could not have said that any better. This is exactly how I feel and I wish I could be as eloquent as he is when explaining why religious life is the call for me.

Oh wow I am still in awe.

[Clare~Therese]

Oh my. This is beautiful! It made me cry too.
Wow wow wow.
"What makes a happy life is to know a marvelous love."
So true! And beautiful. Soooo beautiful.
God's Will, whatever it is, is beautiful....

[TheresaThoma]

Beautiful!

[BarbTherese]

Beautiful! - and one to keep on file. Thank you for sharing!

[Nunsense]

Thank you. Now that I am discerning Benedictine religious life, this was really timely for me!

[Yaatee]

Nunsense, any prospects of visitin' OSB houses in the UK? you matey mentioned this earlier in the year.

[Yaatee]

[quote name='Yaatee' timestamp='1316457612' post='2307100']
Nunsense, any prospects of visitin' OSB houses in the UK? you matey mentioned this earlier in the year.
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Someone hacked my reply!

I didn't write "visitin'" or "matey"!!

[Nunsense]

[quote name='Yaatee' timestamp='1316574564' post='2307892']

Someone hacked my reply!

I didn't write "visitin'" or "matey"!!
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That's why I didn't write too much on the 19th! Pirate speak took over!

Yes, going to visit the OSBs and also a Visitation convent - not for me, but because my friend is probably going to enter there and I want to see her community before she does. She came to visit me when I was in Carmel, so I hope to visit her at the Visitation (if she enters before I do, which it looks like she will).

I read all the Cadfael murder mysteries (about a Benedictine monk in medieval days who solves murders) and now I am reading all the ones by Margaret Frazer about Dame Frevisse,a Benedictine nun in the 1400s who does the same thing. Funny how these medieval Benedictines had so much time to solve murders, isn't it? But the writing is good and I love all the references to reciting the Office!! They had eight Offices then of course (Prime having been ejected these days) - anyway, it's my 'fix' until I can actually go and visit with them.

[brandelynmarie]

On my way home from work this morning, I was thinking, "What is true freedom for me?" And for him to explain that the 3 vows can be seen as 3 freedoms...oh wow...