在她们网页上的照片
今天下午一个非常偶尔的机会,我走进了一所修道院的大门。在砖砌的高墙内,古老橡树的浓荫遮挡了正午加州的阳光......整个院落是那么的深幽,空旷, 甚至有些荒芜。 时间和岁月似乎在这近10英亩的院落里凝固了!我在 sister mary 的带领下,在里面逗留了将近二个小时。穿过她们的果园和菜园,在花圃里留连......
共有14个修女居住在这儿, 上周有两位 sisters 刚庆祝了她们90岁的生日, 最年青的一位是三十六岁。但我只见到了 sister mary。她们过着几乎与世隔绝的生活。日复一日,每天她们有8个小时用来祈祷. 仅仅只有半小时会用来聚会和社交, 也只限于修女们之间。
zt:"Our life of contemplation, work, and silence is a joyful, total self-giving for the salvation of the world. Our main focus is prayer. We chant the full Divine Office in Choir each day fulfilling what the psalmist has said: 'Seven times a day I will praise Thee.' Each Sister also spends an additional two hours each day in private prayer, Adoration, and spiritual reading. Our intercession extends beyond the monastery walls to all the corners of the world. While we live an enclosed life, this separation paradoxically opens our heart wider in love and concern for God's people. "
- Re: 拜访修道院posted on 07/19/2007
- Re: 拜访修道院posted on 07/19/2007
真好!lucyMM每天都作什么,这么空?
我怎么一天到晚都是事情?不上班比上班还忙? - Re: 拜访修道院posted on 07/19/2007
露西用的什么相机?
不知尼姑们博客不,如果也博的话这世界上无清静日子可过了。 - Re: 拜访修道院posted on 07/19/2007
你什麽意思?博格就是从修女们开始的,你不见到处都是每日灵修那样的书?那就是博格。
再说了,要是修女们不博格, 你就去当修女?过清静日子?
touche wrote:
露西用的什么相机?
不知尼姑们博客不,如果也博的话这世界上无清静日子可过了。 - Re: 拜访修道院posted on 07/19/2007
谢谢!每天上班, 非常单调!看见你们才高兴!
羡慕你啊!
去修道院是老板派我去的。她们拥有10 英亩的土地在硅谷的黄金地段. 但并不富裕, 所以接受捐助。她们不对外开放的。
玛雅 wrote:
真好!lucyMM每天都作什么,这么空?
我怎么一天到晚都是事情?不上班比上班还忙? - Re: 拜访修道院posted on 07/19/2007
她们是不博客的! 这个教派非常特殊!
我用的是傻瓜相机! CANON PowerShot SD800
去时刚好是正午! 照片都有点曝光过度!
花名我写在这!
dahlia & morning glory
hollyhock species
lily - posted on 07/19/2007
七月又在顽皮!:)
进修道院很麻烦的!
The Process of Formation
The formation process is preceded by a period of time when the prospective candidate frequently visits the monastery, or if she does not live close enough to visit, she carries on a correspondence with the Vocation Directress. During this time she tries to learn as much as possible about the life lived in our monastery, and at the same time tells us about her background and present living situation. As she shares her desires and attractions with us, we try to discern together if she is well matched with our life.
When it is determined that there is possibly a real vocation to our monastery, the woman is invited to spend about one month (called an aspirancy) living as a guest within the enclosure. This time is planned so that before she quits her job or gives up her apartment and car, she can see from experience if the enclosed contemplative life will be compatible with her gifts.
At the end of the aspirancy the woman returns to her home and in the midst of her normal life, reflects on her experience with us. If she feels truly called to a commitment to this life, and the community reflecting on their experience with her agree to the possibility of this call, she applies to enter as a Postulant.
At this point the candidate gives up her job, car, and home with the idea that she will most likely never return to her former life. The period of postulancy lasts from six months to one year. When the candidate seems ready she is given the Dominican Habit at a simple private ceremony attended only by the Community.
After receiving the Habit the Sister spends two years preparing to make her religious vows. The time is spent under the direction of the Novice Mistress in study, prayer, and community living. When ready for profession there is a public ceremony in which the candidate promises Obedience, Poverty, and Chastity for three years. After this the Sister continues her formation in the novitiate for another two years, renewing her vows annually.
The years in the novitiate are centered on learning to live the contemplative life in community with a focus on certain areas of study. There are classes in Prayer, The Rule and Constitutions, Scripture, Liturgy, Christian Doctrine, Monasticism, Dominican History, Dominican Spirituality, and Church History. There follows four years of study in Philosophy, Theology, and Ecclesiology. Initial Formation concludes with Solemn Profession at a public ceremony when the Sister makes her vows "until death".
July wrote:
你什麽意思?博格就是从修女们开始的,你不见到处都是每日灵修那样的书?那就是博格。
再说了,要是修女们不博格, 你就去当修女?过清静日子? - Re: 拜访修道院posted on 07/19/2007
"每天她们有8个小时用来祈祷. "
What a waste!
Lucy用傻瓜找出这么好的照片来,愈发让我纳闷! - Re: 拜访修道院posted on 07/20/2007
谢谢!
~~~
Two roads diverged in a wood,
and I,
I choose the one less travelled by
which has made all the difference......
by Robert Frost
liaokang wrote:
"每天她们有8个小时用来祈祷. "
What a waste!
Lucy用傻瓜找出这么好的照片来,愈发让我纳闷! - Re: 拜访修道院posted on 07/20/2007
露西借佛洛斯特揶揄老廖。 - Re: 拜访修道院posted on 07/20/2007
有个女教师开车上错了道,警察来开罚单,她恳求说:
I have miles to go before I sleep,
I have miles to go before I sleep.
那警察就改编了这么两句回答她:
You choose the one less travelled by
which has made all the difference......
罚单照开。
- Re: 拜访修道院posted on 07/20/2007
没有任何“揶揄老廖”的意思! :)
这个引用的好!
我也不明白她们的生活! 每天8个小时用来祈祷! 在梵蒂冈看到那些年青英俊的神职人员, 我暗地里也有过和你一样的感受!
What a waste! :)
- Re: 拜访修道院posted on 07/20/2007
很好理解啊,我们要上8小时班,他们一样啊。这是职业。
lucy wrote:
没有任何“揶揄老廖”的意思! :)
这个引用的好!
我也不明白她们的生活! 每天8个小时用来祈祷! 在梵蒂冈看到那些年青英俊的神职人员, 我暗地里也有过和你一样的感受!
What a waste! :) - Re: 拜访修道院posted on 07/20/2007
July wrote:
很好理解啊,我们要上8小时班,他们一样啊。这是职业。
What a waste! :) - Re: 拜访修道院posted on 07/20/2007
唉,其实我觉得用8小时祈祷,远胜于用8小时来上班。(我可以借机胡思乱想,ADD一
番。:))
LUCY是上什么班的,可以去修道院参观?羡慕羡慕!
- Re: 拜访修道院posted on 07/20/2007
胡思乱想! You are no nun:-) - Re: 拜访修道院posted on 07/22/2007
老板派我跑腿捐一点东西!
住在里面也没法乱想的!想象一下青灯古寺。。。:)
Susan wrote:
唉,其实我觉得用8小时祈祷,远胜于用8小时来上班。(我可以借机胡思乱想,ADD一
番。:))
LUCY是上什么班的,可以去修道院参观?羡慕羡慕!
- Re: 拜访修道院posted on 07/22/2007
修道的人,不可以世俗眼光度之。她们内心极度宁静,因此时间是无意义的。
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