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Christmas Party
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See below for more information. Details about the party are here: Party Details. Below is general information and how to RSVP. December 13, 2015 (during Advent) we have a party with monks. Everyone interested in the oblate program is invited. Please bring a desert to share! If you are coming, feel free to bring a guest or family member. By December 6, please RSVP for the Christmas Party:. Please do not use the RSVP to request a monk's name or to advise of what supplies you are bringing.
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Updates for The Saving Grace
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See below for more information. Current Monk Wish List:. Updated August 1, 2016. Have you found some good coupons or Buy-One-Get-One (BOGO) sales for quality personal care items? The monks thank everyone who has given to The Saving Grace. When you are a. You can get some excellent products for much less when they go on sale. Here are Monks' needs:. The Saving Grace program. We Love Our Monks!
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Volunteering at Saint Leo Abbey
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See below for more information. You may find that while helping to restore the abbey, the abbey will be restoring you. From cleaning to construction the abbey can use any time or talent.
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How to pray with Benedictine monks
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See below for more information. Abbey Mass and Prayer Times. Benedictine Prayer, Purpose, History. The monks' prayer is the prayer of the entire Catholic church. Somewhere in the world Benedictine monks are always praying the divine office. It is the Work of God. The prayers of today's Benedictine monks trace their origins to the Jewish temple prayers at Jerusalem many centuries before Christ's incarnation. We Pray with the Monks. To your phone or tablet and use that. At a monastery we seek silence the t...
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Introduction to Saint Leo Abbey Oblate Chapter
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See below for more information. Let us then at length arise, since the Scripture stirreth us up, saying: 'It is time now for us to rise from sleep.' And our eyes being open to the deifying light, let us hear with wondering ears what the Divine Voice admonisheth us, daily crying out: 'To-day if ye shall hear His voice, harden not your hearts.'. From Prologue of the Rule. This section of the Rule is the reading for Jan. 2, May 3, and Sept. 3 each year. FAQs ON ATTENDING AN OBLATE SUNDAY AS A GUEST/VISITOR.
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God's Divine Mercy - Nilda Salazar-DeSimone
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See below for more information. Nilda Salazar-DeSimone has written an inspiring true account of how she came to Saint Leo Abbey. Her articles are posted on the Saint Leo Abbey Oblates' Blog and are listed here:. June 12 - God works in mysterious ways.
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Some Benedictine concepts
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The Rule of Saint Benedict. Seek God (Quaerere Deum). Silence (stillness and quietness of heart). Renouncing our own will. Seeing Christ in everyone. Consecrating all time to God. Conversatio Morum (monastic fidelity). Awareness of our death. The list is in Introverted (or Inverted) Parallelism. Defined. The words on the book are. EGO DOMINUS ET MAGISTER. I am the Lord and Master.
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Private spiritual retreats
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See below for more information. Spiritual retreats at Saint Leo Abbey are available to everyone. Saint Leo Abbey is a primary location for spiritual retreats in Florida. The abbey has a cozy, monastic, guest house where you can stay for a private retreat. You may follow the abbey's schedule or your own. You may also eat with the monks. The read online format seemed the best overall. The best way to schedule a private retreat is to call the Guest House Office at 352-588-8184 and confirm all the details.
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Monasticism's desert origins
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See below for more information. Desert Origins of Monasticism. Benedictines are contemplatives, but Benedictine monks preserved ancient texts and helped form western civilization after the collapse of the Roman Empire in the west. It was in the chaos and fall of civilization that Saint Benedict wrote his famous Rule for monks. To fully understand Saint Benedict, it can help to know those earlier monastics. The ancient and central spirituality of the Benedictines can be traced back to the earliest Egyptia...
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