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Traditionally there seems to have been a series of different prayers for Religious dependent upon their work involvement within a monastery: Choir monks, brothers, donati, etc. With the Carthusians (I realise they are not Benedictine) the Angelus is ‘reduced to’ 3 Hail Marys. And for the Brothers and donati the requirements of Office is discussed with the spiritual director (similarly with the Cistercians).
At Easter time in Italy the making of food (by some nuns) appears to be given priority.

I hope this is helpful, you appear to be anxiously ‘doing the right thing.’
 
KEVIN_WILCOX said:
Traditionally there seems to have been a series of different prayers for Religious dependent upon their work involvement within a monastery: Choir monks, brothers, donati, etc. With the Carthusians (I realise they are not Benedictine) the Angelus is ‘reduced to’ 3 Hail Marys. And for the Brothers and donati the requirements of Office is discussed with the spiritual director (similarly with the Cistercians).
At Easter time in Italy the making of food (by some nuns) appears to be given priority.

I hope this is helpful, you appear to be anxiously ‘doing the right thing.’
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It was very helpful, thank you!
 
Luigi,
I am not your spiritual director but having posted I then remembered some people substitute the Breviary with the Rosary.
And then I remembered there’s the *Brigidine Rosary *wherein one doesn’t contemplate the Mysteries just prays the words…now this can be done as one goes about one’s business.
Prayer forms (rosary, breviary, lectio devino) are not ends in themselves, they are here as instruments into relationship.
In a Carthusian Monastery, *The Charterhouse of the *Transfiguration, I had been picking berries in the autumn mountains thinking how nice it would be to have pancakes and berries to eat and a cold beer. What should arrive at the next meal; the same. I was very happy and ate them without another thought. Then I remembered I hadn’t said Grace. When I told the Procurator of my omission, he asked me did I eat it with gratitude. When I replied in the affirmative, he said that was enough.
It seems the vessel is not as important as content.
God bless you.
 
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Luigi,
I am not your spiritual director but having posted I then remembered some people substitute the Breviary with the Rosary.
And then I remembered there’s the *Brigidine Rosary *wherein one doesn’t contemplate the Mysteries just prays the words…now this can be done as one goes about one’s business.
Prayer forms (rosary, breviary, lectio devino) are not ends in themselves, they are here as instruments into relationship.
In a Carthusian Monastery, *The Charterhouse of the *Transfiguration, I had been picking berries in the autumn mountains thinking how nice it would be to have pancakes and berries to eat and a cold beer. What should arrive at the next meal; the same. I was very happy and ate them without another thought. Then I remembered I hadn’t said Grace. When I told the Procurator of my omission, he asked me did I eat it with gratitude. When I replied in the affirmative, he said that was enough.
It seems the vessel is not as important as content.
God bless you.
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Nicely put, amico mio (Italian: my friend).

I pray the Rosary and the LotH, just to be clear. 🙂
 
Luigi, sadly, for many of us, we are tempted by the sin of the Pharisee (“if I can get the outside right, the inner workings will be established in righteousness”). Not so.

Jeremiah put it:
We need to circumcise our heart.

Jesus put it:
We need to clean our head.

There is a devotion to Our Lady of the broom.

Clean the inside of the cup. It makes (spiritual) life a bit harder, we are used to ‘appearance makes perfect’ (spiritual materialism); great saints are often detached from worldly attachment,

coversatio in coeli.
 
KEVIN_WILCOX said:
Luigi, sadly, for many of us, we are tempted by the sin of the Pharisee (“if I can get the outside right, the inner workings will be established in righteousness”). Not so.

Jeremiah put it:
We need to circumcise our heart.

Jesus put it:
We need to clean our head.

There is a devotion to Our Lady of the broom.

Clean the inside of the cup. It makes (spiritual) life a bit harder, we are used to ‘appearance makes perfect’ (spiritual materialism); great saints are often detached from worldly attachment,

coversatio in coeli.
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Without question, fratello. He is first, He is Love, He is everything, He is worthy of all of ourselves, because He gave all of us all of Himself.
 
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