THE CISTERCIAN-TRAPPIST MONASTERY OF OUR LADY OF CALVARY
We monks hope that the first thing you will do as you log on to this site is be united with us in prayer. You pray for us. We pray for you.
Welcome to Our Lady of Calvary Abbey
A monk is a Christian who believes that all of us who are baptised into Christ are one in him. We form his body. The monk devotes himself to a life of prayer and reflection on the things of God and to a life of dedicated fraternal service. Basic Christian values. But the monk is convinced he is never alone in what he does. In that Body of Christ, if one member does something good for Christ the whole Body benefits. But no one of us can do everything. Some people can do a lot of good for Christ in service in the local community and so make the whole Body more really Christ the servant. The monk believes that if he gives himself to prayer and reflection on the things of God, then the whole Body draws closer to God our Father. So that’s why we are here and what we are trying to do.
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Our daily round, our timetable makes concrete what we are trying to do for the benefit of the human family. We come together as a community and with our guests in the monastery chapel for prayer services seven times a day. These prayer times are spent singing the psalms, with hymns, scripture readings, intercessions and readings from the Fathers of the Church or lives of the saints. The content of these community prayer times varies according to the seasons of the Christian year, Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, and whether the day is Sunday, weekday or a feast day.
The monastic community and its guests also celebrate the Eucharist daily.
The monk supplements the times of community prayer with periods spent in personal private prayer. He also spends time reading the scriptures or books that will nourish his prayer life.
We also take seriously our duty to support ourselves and even generate income that can be shared with others needier than ourselves. This is where the monk’s work on the farm, the land, the garden or orchard comes in. We try to do our work in an atmosphere of prayer in the presence of God, so that is why it is all done within the confines of the monastery and without too much involvement in the world around us. So this daily balance of community prayer, personal prayer and reading, and work gives us a timetable like the one you find on the "Daily Timetable" page.
Oh yes! We forgot to say that there is a great monastic tradition of praying in the night, bringing the light of Christ into the darkness of the night, just as Jesus rose from the dead before dawn, and promised to return in the middle of the night. The monk is the watchman always on the lookout. So the timetable – well, it begins rather early for this reason.
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Dom Bernardus Peeters
The new abbot general of the ocso.
Congratulations and Godspeed💟
Congratulations and Blessinhgs!!!!
Welcome! Bienvenue!😀
Congrats, remain blessed
Congratulations sir.
Congratulations sir. 🙏
Congratulations dear Fr
Félicitation!
Felicitation!
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The General Chapter of OCSO/Trappists 7th to 17th February 2022 in Assisi, Italy.
Le Chapitre Général d'OCSO/Trappistes du 7 au 17 février 2022 à Assise, Italie.
The New abbot general Dom Bernardus.
Le nouvel abbé général.
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0AMEN Anđelko Kaćunko 9 m · LJUBAV PREMA NEPRIJATELJU NIJE MIT… DOISTA JE MOGUĆA…! (Malo razmišljanje na temelju nedjeljnih misnih čitanja) "Na jednu bih vas stvar želio danas napose upozoriti, ako želite biti pravi podanici Krista Kralja, a to je ljubav prema bližnjemu, ljubav prema čovjeku bez ikakve razlike. U zadnjih nekoliko decenija uspjele su razne bezbožne teorije i ideologije tako zatrovati svijet, da je mržnja postala, može se reći, glavnim pokretačem svih ljudskih čina. Opasnost je stoga da i oni koji se diče katoličkim imenom, pa čak i duhovnim pozivom, i sami postanu žrtvom strasti mržnje i zaborave na zakon koji je najljepša karakteristika kršćanstva, zakon ljubavi..." Dragi prijatelji, to nisu moje riječi, nego je to dio jedne propovijedi Bl. Alojzija Stepinca, a navodim ih zato što se izvrstno uklapaju u poruku Božje riječi 7. nedjelje "kroz godinu" (20. veljače). Naime, nastavljajući govor o sličnosti i razlikama između puta blagoslova i puta prokletstva, Isus u evanđeoskome odlomku (Lk 6,27-38) govori o našem odnosu prema neprijateljima. Sam pojam NEPRIJATELJ podsjeća spontano na MRŽNJU ili ju čak izaziva. Međutim, blagoslov kao odraz savršene čovjekove SREĆE pretpostavlja izostanak čak i truna mržnje. Jer osoba koji mrzi, nije sretna. Mržnja, naime, ne čini najviše zla onomu KOGA se mrzi, koliko onomu TKO mrzi. Ona mu uništava unutarnji mir ter čak izobličuje lice i pogled... Onaj tko mrzi, udaljava se od svih koje voli, a usredotočuje se na osobu koju mrzi ter tako sam biva sve usamljenijim. Umjesto da dragocjeno vrijeme i energiju daruje dragim osobama, on ih troši i gubi na osobe koje su mu mrske. Tako mržnja vodi do pravoga prokletstva… Međutim, ona se tu ne zaustavlja, jer je razorna pa nanosi štetu i osobi koju se mrzi. Naime, već sama svijest da ga netko mrzi, čak i kada nije ni najmanje odgovoran za tu mržnju, čovjeka čini nespokojnim i uznemiruje mu srce. Jer i on je pod pritiskom prokletstva. Tako do blagoslova i sreće ljudi ne mogu doći dokle god su pod teretom prokletstva i mržnje… Zato nam Isus daje RJEŠENJE: LJUBAV…! Jasno, nekome se to može činiti veoma 'romantičnim' i 'idiličnim' odnosno samo kao nerealna idealistička zamisao, ali to je ipak kršćanski realizam. Jer kao što se požar ne može gasiti benzinom, kao što se mrak može razbiti samo svjetlom, tako se ni mržnja ne može nadvladati mržnjom, nego samo LJUBAVLJU! Međutim, takvu ljubav nitko ne može imati bez Božje snage, jer takva ljubav nije prirodna (nije niti neprirodna!) nego nadprirodna. Ona je daleko i visoko od ljudskog – baš kako nam apostol Pavao (u 2. misnom čitanju – 1Kor 15,45-49) posvješćuje isticanjem suprotnosti: zemaljskog i nebeskog čovjeka…! Takvu je ljubav pokazao već (budući) kralj David prema svojemu mrzitelju Saulu (kako je opisano u 1. misnom čitanju – 1Sam 26.2.7-9.12-13.22-23), koji je odbacio poticaj da likvidira svoga neprijatelja... A tu ljubav je živio i propovijedao također naš kardinal Alojzije Stepinac… Neka nam, poglavito "u ovom strašnom času" demografske katastrofe hrvatskoga naroda, naš sveti Blaženik bude kod Boga zagovornik i poticaj da mu u svakodnevnom životu budemo što sličniji! Svara1 m Författare The 15 Prayers of St. Bridget of Sweden On the 14th of June 1303, at the moment Saint Bridget of Sweden was born, Pope Benedict XV, the curate of Rasbo at the time, prayed for the happy deliverance of the child Ingeborde. Suddenly he found himself enveloped by a luminous cloud out of which Our Lady appeared: "A child has been born at Birger; her voice will be heard by the entire world." Later as the Sovereign Pontiff, he proclaimed: "The approbation of such revelations implies nothing more than, after mature examination, it is permissible to publish them for the unit of the faithful. Though they don’t merit the same credence as the truths of religion, one can, however, believe them out of human faith, conforming to the rules of prudence by which they are probable, and supported by sufficient motives that one might believe in them piously." (Pope Benedict XV, Les Petits Bollandistes, tome XII) The prayers below have been copied from a book printed in Toulouse in 1740 and published by the Father Adrien Parvilliers of the Company of Jesus, Apostolic Missionary of the Holy Land, with approbation, permission and recommendation to distribute them. His Holiness Pope Pius IX took cognizance of these Prayers and approved them on May 31, 1862, recognizing them as true and for the good of Souls. This sentence of Pope Pius IX has been confirmed by the realization of the promises by all persons who have recited the prayers and by numerous supernatural facts by which God wanted to make known their exact truth. A collection of small books, these prayers among them, was approved bythe Great Congress of Malines on August 22, 1863. Visitors to the Church of St. Paul at Rome can see the crucifix, above the Tabernacle in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, sculptured by Pierre Cavallini, before which St. Bridget knelt when she received these 15 prayers from Our Lord. The following inscription is placed in the church to commemorate the event: "Pendentis, Pendente Dei verba accepit aure accipit et verbum corde Brigitta Deum. Anno Jubilei MCCCL." St. Bridget was curious to know for quite some time the number of blows Our Lord received during His Passion, He one day appeared to her and said: "I received 5480 blows on My Body. If you wish to honor them in some way, say 15 Our Fathers and 15 Hail Mary’s with the following Prayers (which He taught her) for a whole year. When the year is up, you will have honored each one of My Wounds."