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SAINT BENEDICT ABBEY |
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Saint Benedict Abbey 252 Still River Road P.O. Box 67 Still River,. MA 01467 |
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Faithful to the Church, Faithful to Our Call, Guided By Our Lady |
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7:00 am Mass (in English) Vigils and Lauds 11:00 am Conventual Mass |
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Dirigatur, Domine, oratio mea, sicut incensum in conspectu tuo O Lord, let my prayer rise up like incense in your sight. Ps. 140: 2 |
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Our Community Mass is prayed in Latin with the monks singing Gregorian chant. It generally last about an hour and fifteen minutes. After Mass, refreshments are served in St. Catherine’s House in the guest dining rooms. A priest from the Abbey offers the Traditional Latin Mass in the chapel at Saint Ann’s House, next door to the Abbey, at 9:30 every Sunday morning. |
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6:00 pm Solemn Vespers Benediction Dinner
Compline (Night Prayers) |
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A guest once asked one of the brothers, “How can you spend so much time in prayer?” He replied simply, “When do you know you have prayed enough? |
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On the last Sunday of every month, we have Eucharistic Adoration starting right after Mass and closing with Benediction. |
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"Be careful, therefore, to take part only in the one Eucharist; for there is only one Flesh of our Lord Jesus Christ and one cup to unite us with His Blood." St. Ignatius of Antioch |
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"If souls but understood the Treasure they possess in the Divine Eucharist, ... they would press forward themselves to feed on the Bread of Angels.” —Blessed Dina Belanger |