{"id":42,"date":"2022-12-23T14:31:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T14:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associationoffriendsofsolesmes.online\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2022-12-23T14:33:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T14:33:12","slug":"values","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/associationoffriendsofsolesmes.online\/?page_id=42","title":{"rendered":"Values"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"42\" class=\"elementor elementor-42\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e2d1d51 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"e2d1d51\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dbe6556\" data-id=\"dbe6556\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c206a34 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c206a34\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fac888b\" data-id=\"fac888b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-756bf69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"756bf69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.2 - 21-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Values<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ba0af8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ba0af8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.2 - 21-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tOur aim in monastic life is to follow Jesus Christ, who was poor, chaste and obedient throughout his life on earth. By vowing ourselves to poverty, chastity and obedience, we imitate these aspects of his life and are thus fashioned into his likeness \u2013 the perfect man. At the same time, we believe that we are cooperating with his salvific work in the world. By our vow of stability to the monastery and separation from the world, we aim to show that ultimate reality is not found in this visible world: we await the glorious second coming of Christ, which will inaugurate the reign of God and the end of death and suffering. Our daily rising before dawn to celebrate the office of Vigils is a special sign of this waiting. Concerning his glorious second coming, Jesus said: \u201cTake heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time will come\u201d (Mk 13: 33).\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eefde7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eefde7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWe renounce such great goods as marriage, family and active involvement in society to be completely free for the one thing necessary: God himself. We are thus made freer for the programme sketched by St Benedict in his Rule: seeking God (ch. 58). It is God who first comes to meet man. But led by the Holy Spirit, we also want to journey towards him, thus honouring the great gift of friendship with him. Everything in the monastery is organized to facilitate intimacy with God. The monastery&#8217;s architecture, with its buildings arranged around the abbey church and cloister, is a visible sign of this inner focus. We encounter God above all in liturgical and personal prayer and in lectio divina. We encounter him in the abbot, whom St Benedict describes as representing Christ in the monastery. We encounter him too in our fellow monks, especially in the sick and infirm. This is why our recreation periods are important for us. We also encounter him in visitors and in manual work. Our whole life unfolds in God&#8217;s sight and prepares us for our life in heaven, where we will contemplate God eternally and praise him with the angels.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Values Our aim in monastic life is to follow Jesus Christ, who was poor, chaste and obedient throughout his life on earth. 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