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LATROUN

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"Monks are to keep silence at all times."

Rule of Saint Benedict, Chapter 43

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"Idleness is the enemy of the soul."

Rule of Saint Benedict, Chapter 48

The monk shall live by

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"Let us conduct ourselves in the psalmody in such a way that our mind is in harmony with our voice."

Rule of Saint Benedict, Chapter 19

The very reason for a monk’s existence is found in

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"If you are holy, you have understood.
If you are not, become holy in order to know by experience."

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

The monk’s day is

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"The monk will vow stability..."

Rule of Saint Benedict, Chapter 68

A Cistercian monk is bound to his abbey by a stability of

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