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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Carmelites of Wyoming 2009

  • Trappist monks, from an order founded in 1664, obey the rule of Saint Benedict: ora et labora, or pray and work.

    The Holy Grail of Ale 2007

  • Beer-making Trappist monks obey the rule of Saint Benedict: ora et labora, or pray and work.

    A Tasting Tour of Trappist Brews 2007

  • 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

  • "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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