Wednesday, January 20, 2010

"Halfway to Heaven"

Thought some of you might be interested in this: it's the daily schedule of the monks who used to live in the Kartause.

11:45 p.m. - rise - pray Little Office of Our Lady
12:00 midnight to 2:30 a.m. - Matins/Lauds
3:00 a.m. to 6:45 a.m. - sleep
6:45 a.m. - Little Office of Our Lady/Prime
7:15 a.m. to 8:oo - private prayer
8:00 a.m. - Little Office of Our Lady/Terce
8:15 a.m. - Community Mass
9:00 a.m. - Prayer in cell - spiritual exercises, pray, Scripture study
11:15 a.m. - Little Office of Our Lady/Sext
11:30 a.m. - Dinner, rest, work
1:15 p.m. - None
1:30 p.m. - study, pray, work in cell, work in garden
3:45 p.m. - Little Office, Vespers
4:45 p.m. - supper
2 1/2 hours of spiritual exercises
Compline/Compline of Our Lady
8:00 p.m. - sleep

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