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The DVD itself includes a number of views of the various liturgical offices of the monastery, the day to day labora which is such a fundamental aspect of the Rule of St. Benedict, and Pontifical Mass of the Abbot of Le Barroux, Dom Louis-Marie.
New DVD from the Benedictine Monastery of Le Barroux [UPDATED] 2009
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But our consideration would remain incomplete if we did not also at least briefly glance at the second component of monasticism, indicated by the "labora".
Archive 2008-09-07 papabear 2008
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But our consideration would remain incomplete if we did not also at least briefly glance at the second component of monasticism, indicated by the "labora".
Zenit: Benedict XVI on the Roots of European Culture papabear 2008
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In this instance of course, it was a more directed form of retreat, and so the retreat conferences would present a different form of labora; that of study.
Monastic Retreat in County Waterford: Thoughts on Fostering the Monastic and Liturgical Life 2009
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Speaking from my own experience of a week-long retreat at a Trappist monastery many years ago, there is only one other aspect I would note as an important inclusion for those who might undertake a less directed, more private form of monastic retreat: labora (work).
Monastic Retreat in County Waterford: Thoughts on Fostering the Monastic and Liturgical Life 2009
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It was then too that I discovered the particular blessing that is to be found within a monastic retreat, where ora et labora can be tied into one's day to day retreat life, alongside with the Mass and the ebb and flow of the monastic Office.
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Trappist monks, from an order founded in 1664, obey the rule of Saint Benedict: ora et labora, or pray and work.
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Beer-making Trappist monks obey the rule of Saint Benedict: ora et labora, or pray and work.
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Suppose a genetic pattern were crafted in the labora - tory, living tissue modified to fit the attributes of a living man who occupied the body of a robot ...
Robot Adept Anthony, Piers 1988
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"And so I was able to hide," he squeaked, not unlike the mouse he had been, "and sneaked into Par-Salian's labra - labora-lavaratory - and he was doing the most wonderful things and the rocks were singing and Crysania was lying there all pale and Caramon looked terrified and I couldn't let him go alone - so ... so ..."
Time of the Twins Weis, Margaret 1988
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