Adoration
We not only received the gift of contemplative life, in permanent enclosure, but we were also called in a special way to adore day and night our Lord Jesus Christ present in the Blessed Sacrament. This great gift is the center of our religious life and mission. It is before the Eucharistic Lord that we live our vocation fully.
Our contemplative life draws its strength from the sacrament of the Eucharist. To the love which is bestowed on all in this mystery, and not requited by everyone, we respond with the service of perpetual adoration, which was introduced by our Founder as our special obligation, and approved as such by the Church.
During our nocturnal adoration hour, we intercede for priests, living and deceased.

The Liturgy of the Hours in Choir
Let this magnificent hymn of praise to God resound, and let it be united to that hymn of praise sung in the courts of heaven by the angels and saints.
May the days of our earthly exile be filled more and more with that praise, which throughout the ages is given to the One seated on the throne and to the Lamb.
(Cf. Laudis Canticum)
The psalmist says in Psalm 119: "Seven times a day I sing your praise". We may also say this, because the seven liturgical hours, the so-called choral Divine Office are spread throughout the day, thus setting our entire day under the praise of God.'
The Cloister
Accepted as a gift and chosen as a free response of love, the cloister is the place of spiritual communion with God and with the brethren, where the limitation of space and contacts works to the advantage of interiorizing Gospel values.
We see enclosure not as an imposition or an end in itself, but as a great gift that allows us to live the way of life we have chosen out of love.
The cloister brings to mind that space in the heart where every person is called to union with the Lord.

Silence and Solitude

International Community
