Alright!,,,,,

I'm going to pray for you today. Not even kidding, thank you.

Thanks!!!! It worked

Thank u for sharing that with us . Sweet hearted person 🌟

Really damn...that awesome

Thank you. God bless you too.

Thank you. Blessings

God Bless You

All for God’s glory …❤️💕

Deus Vult!

I understand where you're coming from but do not forget that Protestants are and have been occupied with spreading the gospel like no other group in history. Now the fact that not all Christians participate in this calling is an issue but certainly there is a group of Protestants who are willing to go overseas and spread the gospel in unfriendly zones

@@eliseereclus3475 unity does not necessitate uniformity. There will always be variations within any system (physical, spiritual or even political /thought etc). Why don't you ask God if he's real to make himself known to you personally?

That's why GK Chesterton became Catholic.

@@EternalDestiny48 *forgets about every catholic missionary to Asia, Africa, and the new world*

@@sammcpeak6854 I am sorry I didn't mean to forget about catholic missionaries but I was referring to protestants because the original post mentioned them

@@eliseereclus3475 POOR YOU.

Yes God blesses and protects everyone now doesn't IT?

I know exactly who i am , doesn't take a monk for that it is simply self reflection

So true not many of us .👍

They are delusional

I would not know me to the extent I do without the (few) women in my life.

Звичайно ці ченці, знають хто вони і для чого прийшли в пустелю, бо ж як би вони не розуміли всього цього, то не змогли би жити в монастирі. Монах у своєму житі прагне наслідування Христа!

Long ago I bought fr Francis’s book on his spiritual life and his illness. It was very inpiring. I recognized it was a surprise to see his name!

Rest in paradise, Padre Klein.

not at all "great" or serene... very very difficult. Livable only by grace.

Total waste of time

@@lynnfisher3037 I don't feed the trolls...

is it you brother? are you a Philotheates?

Good luck to the young man. Hope he's found his path

Howard Lawson - Thank you for the kind wishes; I will pass them on.

Spyros Kalyvas - Yes!

@@dorianphilotheates3769 May the Lord protect, guide and strengthen you. Please light a small keri' for me.

''monks have found a way to stop time''.... ''there is some part of all of us that is attracted to this quietness''. There are no monasteries near me, but i (and many others) find that quiet place in keeping and caring for a garden, in the truest sense of a garden. Full of life of all kinds, peaceful, thriving, full of beauty and rest for the mind. Yes, my garden and i together have learned the secret of how to stop time, as Thomas Merton says of spiritual practice.

@@pipfox7834 Humanity started in a garden.

Nothing wrong with being wordly and nothing wrong following a book written by a caveman monk to each their own

I never knew such a thing existed. I thought it was an enclosed life for those in the monastery only. I will have to plan a trip for the near future. I'm very excited.

@@Redeemed.4salvation: I highly recommend you contact convents near you, and ask about the possibility of a personal retreat. I’ve gone on 2 that were excellent! Not all convents/monasteries offer this, but some do. Some only offer group retreats rather than individual retreats, others don’t offer retreats, etc. Each is different. 💙🙏🏽💙🌻

One holy hour .......

Which is it? Twenty or Forty? No one is listening in either time slot.

If they are happy with it, they can live so. But please don't do it for me. I don't want others to spend their whole life praying for my salvation or conversion etc.

@@konyvnyelv. keeping a vibrational energy alive on the planet we all share and benefit from, balancing out negatives on the whole. I wasn't referring to you or anybody else personally, obviously.

Aguante el Duko vieja

@@konyvnyelv. You have no right to ask people not to pray for you.

@@vaderetro264 It's ok. Let's focus on the light.

unless is your son there ..

@@bertadowning79 Many parents feel grateful that their sons/daughters follow the call into religious life. They ain't exactly sitting shiva over them.:-)

What a selfish demand to wish on your own son. Of course you’re a woemen and thus would and could never understand the sacrifice required for this life.

I am a woman not a woemen. You are mistaken. Keep your chauvinism under control, please, and God Bless.

@@danieljliverslxxxix1164 There are also religious sisters devoted to this life and have been for centuries - what a bitter misogynist you are!

@Natasha Ossa. What a wonderful wish ma'am, I wish my mum could wish the same for me. Pray for it, ask our lady for help. Keeping you in prayers. Pax.

@@danieljliverslxxxix1164 Large issues thou hast.

If Christ's way is a philosophy I can assure you there is no hope for humanity. Don't you know that all philosophy is based on the human intellect. How on Earth is the human intellect supposed to take us from this worldly realm to the realm of God? Jesus was not a mere philosopher but a mystic, a human being in union with God and filled with the mind of God. Therefore he knew the Truth and did not develop philosophical theories.

@@1210CM Yes it is divinely inspired, however it still has a philosophy to live by. The fact that the Gospel can be interpreted in several correct and meaningful ways is one of the proofs of Divine inspiration? Like i said an air tight and sound Doctrine.

@@OperationsAndSmoothProductions The Gospel cannot be interpreted in several correct ways. There is only one correct way and the Divine Tradition of the Catholic Church is the only place that has this one way. (Church Fathers, Apostolic Tradition). What you mentioned is subjectivism, which is not good and leaves room for much error. Divine Truth is objective and unchanging. We submit ourselves to the Truth, not picking and choosing which parts we like and don't like. God is objective; The Truth is objective and we cannot do anything about it but submit ourselves. Which is actually the best thing we can do, it's beautiful.

@@Deperuse With regards to my statement "The way of Chriist....", the initial principals and structor of the way IS the only way. I.e. a metaphysical ideal (untochable or tainted by man) which we must follw but can never attain. Also the idea of forgiveness of sins to all those who remain on the path IS the only way to avoid tyranny and a debased society. It is the perfect match and preportion of mind and matter. DIVINE and eternal because ALL societys which adopt this way through time will live in harmony and know life.

Lectio Divina.

Such a load of bollocks! Bunch of pervs!

My Church has men's and women's groups who do this.

Are the monks Aelred Hagan and Stan Gumula still at Mepkin?

@@jimmieoakland3843 I'm not sure. I hardly see the monks when I visit.

I got none.

@@prayunceasingly2029 Sadly I did and stopped watching. In fact I have now taken a subscription to Netflix and don't use KZfaq so much now

Families can come to stay once or twice a year. Monks can go visit if on leave or if there's an emergency. Letters and phone too, ofc.

@@eliseereclus3475 No life is wasted if they do what God wants them to do!

W

Probably, because someone in the comment section commented that brother Abbot Kline has died last 2006.

@@uriahdowell4851 Thank you

@@stonew1927 just found out the movie was released last 1997

@@uriahdowell4851 thank you . ..

Thanks for f inding 'Trapist.

They make beer too?

How did it go?

The Family Rosary across America will have a dedication for your discernment this evening-- in an incredibly good way, I envy you🌹

Why would you not ask your spiritual adviser ?

Yes, it does.

I think they don't know the 1960's are over and the Mammas and Papa's group dead!🙈👴

Gregorian chants are preserved in many French monasteries.

Only one Trappist monastery in the US was permitted to brew it, St Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts. They brewed a wicked good one, but sadly it ceased production in 2022. I guess competition became too fierce in a region where there's practically a small batch brewery on every block, and they didn't want to invest more in advertising.

@@williamjameslehy1341 There exist also Abbey beers which are lesser interesting and triple beers which are often equal to the Trappist beers. Greetings from Antwerp-Belgium where it is 2.37 in the morning !

It's not a joking matter. Ora et labore, that's their motto.

@@Rggabriel Lighten up, God made the Ornithorhynchus anatinus AKA the duck-billed platypus, He has a sense of humor, even in Latin.

Ahhh that was bad! Lol!

And here in UK Mount St Bernards Tynt Meadow England's only Trappist ale. 7.4% a truly delicious beer.

The similarity is Simplicity, Unity and a God-centered life.