Monastic Life @ Pluscarden Abbey (Benedictine) (SOME audio parts are out of sync with some of video,sorry)-Benedictine monastery dating from 1230.AD located in northern Scotland. - Pluscarden Abbey is …More
Monastic Life @ Pluscarden Abbey (Benedictine)
(SOME audio parts are out of sync with some of video,sorry)-Benedictine monastery dating from 1230.AD located in northern Scotland.
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Pluscarden Abbey is the home of a community of Roman Catholic Benedictine monks. It is the only medieval monastery in Britain still inhabited by monks and being used for its original purpose.
The atmosphere of quiet reflection and of work dedicated to the glory of God is the same now as it was in the thirteenth century, when a community of monks first came to this part of Moray.
The Mass and full Divine Office are sung by the monks each day in the Abbey church, using Gregorian Chant.
Thus the monks of Pluscarden conceive their primary service to lie in prayer, regular observance and their life in common.
Unlike most monasteries, Pluscarden has chosen to keep Latin in the Mass and the full Divine Office.
"Hearken, my son, to the precepts of the master and incline the ear of your heart; freely accept and faithfully fulfil the instructions of a loving father, that by the labour of obedience you may return to him from whom you strayed by the sloth of disobedience. To you are my words now addressed, then, if you are ready to give up your own will, once and for all, and armed with the strong and noble weapons of obedience to fight for the true King, Christ the Lord".-St. Benedict of Norcia
This perfectly expresses the loving, austere, obedient and humble life of the cloister and, without any compromise, situates the monk on the victorious side in the cosmic battle between good and evil. He fights in this spiritual combat "against the spiritual hosts of wickedness" (Ephesians 6:12)
www.pluscardenabbey.org/home.asp
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Pluscarden Abbey
Elgin, Moray
IV 30 8UA.
Keywords:
pluscarden, abbey, benedictine, gregorian, chant, latin, mass, monks, Scotland, monastic, subiaco, bbc
(SOME audio parts are out of sync with some of video,sorry)-Benedictine monastery dating from 1230.AD located in northern Scotland.
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Pluscarden Abbey is the home of a community of Roman Catholic Benedictine monks. It is the only medieval monastery in Britain still inhabited by monks and being used for its original purpose.
The atmosphere of quiet reflection and of work dedicated to the glory of God is the same now as it was in the thirteenth century, when a community of monks first came to this part of Moray.
The Mass and full Divine Office are sung by the monks each day in the Abbey church, using Gregorian Chant.
Thus the monks of Pluscarden conceive their primary service to lie in prayer, regular observance and their life in common.
Unlike most monasteries, Pluscarden has chosen to keep Latin in the Mass and the full Divine Office.
"Hearken, my son, to the precepts of the master and incline the ear of your heart; freely accept and faithfully fulfil the instructions of a loving father, that by the labour of obedience you may return to him from whom you strayed by the sloth of disobedience. To you are my words now addressed, then, if you are ready to give up your own will, once and for all, and armed with the strong and noble weapons of obedience to fight for the true King, Christ the Lord".-St. Benedict of Norcia
This perfectly expresses the loving, austere, obedient and humble life of the cloister and, without any compromise, situates the monk on the victorious side in the cosmic battle between good and evil. He fights in this spiritual combat "against the spiritual hosts of wickedness" (Ephesians 6:12)
www.pluscardenabbey.org/home.asp
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wikimapia.org
Pluscarden Abbey
Elgin, Moray
IV 30 8UA.
Keywords:
pluscarden, abbey, benedictine, gregorian, chant, latin, mass, monks, Scotland, monastic, subiaco, bbc