klooster [3]

Life for the two...

is spent in daily prayer, contemplation, the reading of the Bible, and other religious texts.

Their days are bookended by two daily, lengthy communal prayer sessions - one at 4:00am and the other at 4:30pm - interspersed with individual daily prayer time alone, in their private quarters.

The rest of the day filled with a variety of activities...

from making wooden crosses, to greeting guests, and overseeing the property, which includes cooking, cleaning and gardening.

"Our life is to completely focus on Christ," Mother Antonia said. "When Christ becomes everything to you and he's the only thing that's important to you he fills every void that could have ever existed in your life..."

"You don't wish you could have human intimacy, you don't wish you could have children. You don't want these things, you don't actually desire them."


~bron~