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Trappist monks singing                                          s                                                                                 t                                                                            h Hymns and incense ascending                g                                                                   i                                                              e to their very                            h
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May 30, 2016
May 30, 2016 at 3:50 PM UTC
Compline: Tanka
Trappist monks singing                                          s                                                                                 t                                                                            h Hymns and incense ascending                g                                                                   i                                                              e to their very                            h
This weekend I went to Vina, CA to visit the Trappist/Cistercian monks there. We were able to pray with them during their 7 times daily: 3:30 AM Vigils 6:30 AM Lauds, 6:50 AM Mass 9:05 AM Terce 12:15 PM Sext 1:55 PM None 5:45 PM Vespers 7:35 PM Compline A very wonderful way to spend the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ! I was able to read the whole New Testament except the Gospels, now on to those! May God bless you and keep you, and may he let His face shine upon you, and give you peace ~Numbers 6:24
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May 30, 2016
May 30, 2016 at 3:50 PM UTC
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