Convent Poem

It is of my understanding that you would like to join my convent. The nuns in this convent live a strict lifestyle that follows the rules of Saint Benedict. The majority of our day is working and prayer. We dedicated our work along with everything we do for God, our Almighty Father. To start the day off, we wake up promptly when the signal is given. Then, we all gather to do the work of God. We encourage each other to get up every morning. Then, all of us pray together. We pray the morning prays called Lauds. We pray the 66th song psalm first on Sunday followed by the 50th psalm sung amongst the choir. On Monday, the second day of the week, psalms 5 and 35 are sung. One the third day of the week, Tuesday, the 42nd and 56th psalms are to be sung. On Wednesday, the 63rd and 64th psalms are sung. Thursday's psalms are numbers 87 and 89. The 75th and 91st psalms are to be sung on Friday. Finally, to finish the week off, the 142nd

We say or sing at least twelve psalms. The 84th psalm is always sung. Inspiring books from the Old and New Testaments are said at this nightly mass. After the night office, from Easter till a certain time, a small amount of time is allowed to use the facilities, but the Laud is read shortly after. From November to Easter, the morning office is held a few hours after midnight so we have time to rest. Our routine on Sundays are a little different. Since we are to honor the Sabbath day, we are exempt from all work. The day is filled with prayer. On Sundays, excluding the Sunday's in Lent, songs like Lauds, Prime, Tierce, Sext, and None are spoken. Vespers are sung. We wake up earlier for the night office. We also sing different psalms. The Abbess selects canticles from the Prophets that we sing. We also hear four stories from the New Testament instead of three. Every Sunday is celebrated the same no matter the weather. As aforementioned, we do not work, unless it is our time to serve each other