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| Saint Benedict blessing all who pass by his shrine near our cemetery. |
Benedictine communities are well known for their communal lives of prayer and work. Today, I continued in that tradition during our summer celebration of Saint Benedict.
We started this morning with a full chanted Lauds followed by our celebration of the Eucharist. Very nice. My favorite part was our Communion meditation "Seek God". One of our Sister Professors adds to the simply beauty of the song with a clarinet solo...some of the notes seem to hang in the air of chapel. After a very dignified recession from Chapel, the Gardening Sisters and I dashed up to our rooms to change into work clothes.
Once in the gardens, there was plenty to do in our shortened work time. We started up in an apple tree! The summer apples all green tart and sharp were ready to be picked. The tree looked hopefully short which made the apples easy to reach, but we soon realized it was so leafy and low that it was more difficult to pick than some of the taller trees. Soon enough, we had filled five boxes that will soon be made into pies, sauces, and jelly.
"O holy Father, Benedict, in pray'r and work without cease, in your untiring search for God, you found Christ's joy and peace."
Vespers Antiphon.
Blessings,
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