La centenaria orden Cartujana ha llegado a nuestros días tal y como la concibió su fundador: sin reformas (porque nunca se ha deformado), conjugando la vida eremítica con la cenobítica, en la contemplación, la penitencia, la clausura, el aislamiento y el silencio. Un silencio riguroso. Sin embargo, por primera vez una entrevista concedida por un Monje Cartujo

Non vos me elegistis sed EGO VOS ELEGI et posui vos ut eatis et fructum adferatis et fructus vester maneat ut quodcumque petieritis Patrem in nomine meo det vobis

John 15:16

You have not chosen Me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed you, that you should go and should bring forth fruit; and your fruit should remain: that whatsoever you shall ask of the Father in My name, He may give it you.

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All of the services at Pluscarden Abbey are sung in Latin using Gregorian Chant.

Selected readings from ‘The Imitation of Christ‘, by Thomas a Kempis, written by a Brother and compiled by Canons, intended for the Religious Life.The work is a manual of devotion intended to assist the soul with its pursuit of holiness and communion with God. Its sentences are statements, not arguments, and are pitched in the highest key of Christian experience. Behind and within all its reflections runs the counsel of self-renunciation.

The Imitation of Christ (or De imitatione Christi), by Thomas à Kempis, is a widely read Christian spiritual book. It was first published anonymously, in Latin, ca. 1418;

Selected readings from ‘The Imitation of Christ‘

It was written by a Brother and compiled by Canons, intended for the Religious Life.The work is a manual of devotion intended to assist the soul with its pursuit of holiness and communion with God. Its sentences are statements, not arguments, and are pitched in the highest key of Christian experience. Behind and within all its reflections runs the counsel of self-renunciation.

The Imitation of Christ (or De imitatione Christi), by Thomas à Kempis, is a widely read Christian spiritual book. It was first published anonymously, in Latin, ca. 1418; several other authors have been proposed, but Kempis’ authorship is now generally accepted.is a writing of the mysticist German-Dutch school of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries and is widely considered one of the greatest manuals of devotion in Christianity. Protestants and Roman Catholics alike join in giving it praise. The Jesuits give it an official place among their “exercises”. John Wesley and John Newton listed it among the works that influenced them at their conversion. General Gordon carried it with him to the battlefield. It is said Pope John Paul I was reading a copy when he died. And I always keep a copy by in my cell where I sleep. God bless you all.

Selected readings from ‘The Imitation of Christ‘, by Thomas a Kempis

In honor of the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the Apparition of Our Lady of Lourdes to St. Bernadette Soubirous, this video was presented to the faithful devotees on February 11, 2008 at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Retiro, Quezon City, Philippines. This is heartfully dedicated to the Mother of God and Our Mother also, MARY.

Promotional Fundraising Video of Friar Gabriel Skateboarding in Perth, Western Australia.

Ave Maria!

Holy Eucharist Adoration.  Father Fortuna presents the Real Presence for all to see accompanied with an inspriational song, ‘You are my God’ performed Tony Melemdez.

The thoughts of a Poor Clare Nun