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Our Daily Prayer
In the practical arrangement of each day and the layout of our houses
we attempt to provide a setting that is helpful to keeping alive the remembrance
of God. As far as possible we observe silence so as to make each house
a house of prayer. To preserve this ideal each community sets aside two
hours each day for uninterrupted silent prayer. Time is also made available
for meditative reading of Scripture and spiritual reading.
The liturgy is the richest source of our spiritual
life and the focal point of all community life. Each day we celebrate the
entire Liturgy of the Hours, spreading over the whole day our praise and
thanksgiving and our meditation on the mysteries of salvation. United with
Christ, and on behalf of the Church and the entire human race we praise
the Father with one heart and voice.
Each day we celebrate the community Eucharist. The mass unites in one
action the prayer of the community and the self offering of Christ to the
Father. In union with Christ we offer ourselves, our brethren and all people
to God. In return we receive the freedom of Christ through the forgiveness
of our past, communion with the Lord and all of creation in the present,
and the assurance of the glorious vision of God in the future.
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"In celebrating the liturgy we share in
the Paschal Mystery and in the priesthood of Christ. Especially through
the Eucharist, through the proclamation of the word of God and the singing
of his praises, community life is consolidated and renewed, as its union
with the Church is at once symbolised and realised." Constitutions
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