Our day flows around The Liturgy of the Hours, which gives our day form and structure. This praise of God, or ora, is what our lives as Benedictine Nuns is all about. We gather in chapel six times each day to chant the psalms that are a large part of the Office (another term used for The Liturgy of the Hours). To these are added antiphons, readings, responsories and prayers.
Our Office is in English and we use simplified Gregorian chant melodies. The texts are derived from the Antiphonale Monasticum. We suppliment it with readings, intercessions and prayers taken from the four volume set of The Liturgy of the Hours.
Individuals are always welcome to join us to praise God in our Cor Jesu Monastic Chapel (see side bar for times) or via WAOB (106.7 FM) on the days we are broadcast.
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