Abbey of Gethsemani - Winter Compline.wmv

[@jameslandon4245]

I stayed three days about two weeks ago. My first visit. I was so moved that I seek silence everyday for prayer. It's comforting to know these monks are praying everyday.throughout the year. I can't wait to go back.

[@JamesLandon-yk1no]

At Abbey now. Compline just ended. What a powerful and beautiful experience.

[@Hollylivengood]

If you get a chance to go to the Christmas midnight mass, by all means go. It can't be described how beautiful it is, and the whole community of New Haven, Ky shows up for it. It's very special.

[@JamesLandon-yk1no]

I'll try and get there. If I were a young man I truly believe I could pursue the path of a monk.

[@jameswade1940]

I have been to the Abbey for 3 retreats. They are soul refreshing and regenerating. The chanting is wonderful and calming. The compline is fitting before bed. I recommend to everyone to go there. The opportunity to be silent for a few days or a week and just be with God in indescribable. Talk to Him in silence and you will get answers that you understand. This is my music before I turn out the lights.

[@ernieball154]

Everytime I've gone there I never wanta leave.

[@michaelthomas7223]

As a Priest I am very happy to visit and take a retreat here. I will be glad when my brothers can once again offer retreats.

[@dustypaisley]

I miss being able to pray this with the community at Gethsemani

[@sandygrogg1203]

I have been blessed to have attended Compline at Gethsemane several times...It is the perfect way to end the day.

[@iheartdates]

Agreed!

[@ronaldfetty1486]

I miss this place everyday of my life. I was there twice. It is truly a blessing to have been there. One of the marvels of being Catholic in America. Miss you all! God bless This place, always.

[@Peter_Kalve]

Ronald Fetty I should point out that non-Roman Catholics are welcomed there too.

[@michaelthomas7223]

One of the best places I have spent time at I hope October 2021 will bring me more peace. 2 long years of the Pandemic forced me to stay in my Diocese. Fr. Michael Thomas OSB

[@ninadavid7645]

Haven't been here in years but used to go on retreat quite often. Really miss it and hope to go again soon. Play this when going to sleep. Really helps...

[@RobertMartinez-dk4fx]

My greatest stay in my life. GOD is within the Abbey walls !

[@edwinjdotson6360]

Robert Martinez Spent most of my life visiting my relative, Bro. Giovanni here at The Abbey of Gethsemani!! My family and I went from the time I was three years old into my adulthood. Incredible memories!!

[@maukarlina]

God knows no walls

[@bdff4007]

@@maukarlina And all walls at once, inside and out. He is also the door who needs no door. Just comes in through the wall. In Him all things consist and he upholds all things by his word of power. Shazam and gawllee.

[@sandygrogg1203]

My favorite ... The perfect way to end the day...

[@feurigerStern]

The Compline is so beautiful. Praising God is the most wonderful way to end a day.

[@lorriemacgregor8206]

May God keep watch over us as we sleep.

[@joezuniga8228]

I have had at least 3 retreats there, and I come away closer to our Lord. It refreshes my soul. I use Chrome cast to play this at night in my bedroom TV. What a perfect way to end the day in the arms of Our Lord. Thank you so much, Br. Lawrence. Peace be with you and all the brother monks.

[@mikefox5127]

My wife and i will be heading back to the Abbey of Gethsemani in 2 weeks. Very much enjoy the Abbey - looking forward to it. Praised be Jesus the Lord!

[@geoffreyoconnell2535]

you awake a hunger to see God in his most intimate form

[@diyuquag3748]

Visited Gethsemani in 2018. Extremely peaceful, and the harmony of the monks is very comforting.

[@cbyzand]

Br. Lawrence, as one in discernment to enter monastic life, thank you for posting this. For every night, I’ve tried to sing along and praise the Lord, that though I am physically still in the world for now, my soul may be cloistered with Christ.

[@patriciaowens3479]

PRAYERS TO JESUS, AGONIZING ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES (Wonderful prayers!) I pray others will SHARE these awesome prayers so consoling to Our Lord Jesus - and the promises given to us through St. Pio from Our Lord Jesus are just incredible! But the prayers indeed Alone - are so precious and moving. My soul is sorrowful even unto death. Stay here and watch. (St. Mark 14: 34) Prayers given to St. Padre Pio from Our Lord Jesus. Also Includes promises from Our Lord as given to St. Pio when one says these beautiful prayers. PRAYERS: O Jesus, through the abundance of Thy love, and in order to overcome our hardheartedness, Thou pourest out torrents of Thy Grace over those who reflect on Thy most Sacred Sorrow in the Garden of Gethsemane, and who spread devotion to it. I pray Thee, move my soul and my heart to think often, at least once a day, of Thy most bitter Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, in order to communicate with Thee and to be united with Thee as closely as possible. O blessed Jesus, Thou, who carried the immense burden of our sins that night, and atoned for them fully, grant me the most perfect gift of complete repentant love over my numerous sins, for which Thou didst sweat blood. O Blessed Jesus, for the sake of Thy most bitter struggle in the Garden of Gethsemane, grant me final victory over all temptations, especially over those to which I am most subjected. O suffering Jesus, for the sake of Thy inscrutable and indescribable agonies, during that night of betrayal, and of Thy bitterest anguish of mind, enlighten me, so that I may recognize and fulfill Thy will; grant that I may ponder continually on Thy heart wrenching struggle and on how Thou didst emerge victoriously, in order to fulfill not Thy will, but the will of Thy Father. Be Thou blessed O Jesus, for all Thy sighs on that holy night; and for the tears which Thou didst shed for us. Be Thou blessed, O Jesus, for Thy sweat of blood and the terrible agony, which Thou didst suffer lovingly in coldest abandonment and in inscrutable loneliness. Be Thou blessed, O sweetest Jesus, filled with immeasurable bitterness, for the prayer which flowed in trembling agony from Thy Heart, so truly human and divine. Eternal Father, I offer Thee all the past, present, and future Masses together with the blood of Christ shed in agony in the Garden of Sorrow at Gethsemane. Most Holy Trinity, grant that the knowledge, and thereby the love, of the agony of Jesus on the Mount of Olives will spread throughout the whole world. Grant, O Jesus, that all who look lovingly at Thee on the Cross, will also remember Thy immense Suffering on the Mount of Olives, that they will follow Thy example, learn to pray devoutly and fight victoriously, so that, one day, they may be able to Glorify Thee eternally in Heaven. Amen. Imprimatur: Marcario, Bishop Fabiano, 23rd Nov. 1963 PROMISES TO DEVOTEES OF THE AGONY OF JESUS ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES: Jesus to St.Pio: "Again and again calls of My Love flow from My Heart. They fill the souls in which the fire of love lights up and sometimes even sets ablaze the heart. It is this, the Voice of My Heart, which travels and also reaches those who do not want to hear Me, and who, therefore, do not notice Me. However, inside of them I speak to all, and My Voice will speak to all, because I love them all. He, who knows the Commandment of Love, is not surprised that I cannot help knocking at the door of those who resist Me, and who force Me, so to speak, by their rejection, to repeat My loving invitation to them. Why, what else can My calls be, full of glowing love, than the will of love of a loving God. Who wants to save His creatures? However, I know very well, that not many wish to follow My generous invitation, and that even the few who do accept, must strive hard to receive Me. THIS NOW, IS SO GOOD LOVING OF HIM: Well then! I shall show even more generosity (as if I had not been generous enough up to now), and I shall do this by giving all of you a precious Gem of My Love, I have decided to open a dam, in order to let flow the torrent of My Graces, which My Heart can no longer hold back. Look what I have to offer you in return for a little love from you. 1. To all those who remember My Agony, with love and devotion, at least once a day: forgiveness of all sins and the certainty of salvation for their souls in the hour of their death. 2. Total and everlasting repentance to those who will have a Mass celebrated in honor of My Agonizing Suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane . 3. Success in spiritual matters to all those, who impress on others, love and devotion to My Agonies on the Mount of Olives. 4. Finally, and in order to prove to you that I want to break open a dam of My Heart so as to let flow a flood of My Graces, I promise those who spread this devotion to My Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, the following 3 graces: a. total and final victory over the worst temptation to which they are subjected b. direct power to save poor souls from purgatory; c. great enlightenment and strength to fulfill My Will. All of these, My precious gifts, I will definitely give to those who carry out what I have said, and who, therefore, remember and venerate with love and sympathy, My great, incomprehensible Agony on the Mount of Olives. {San Giovanni Rotondo - 1965}

[@josephmartin6219]

They will shine like stars for all eternity!!

[@ruthpayne229]

Very meaningful as we close our eyes to sleep to meet with our Lord who is always with us

[@mick50651]

Remembering my retreat at the Abbey in 1977. May God our father bless all the monks, brothers and friends of this Holy place. Pray for us Fr. Merton.

[@jameswade1940]

I was on retreat at this monastery from Oct 2-9, 2017. These were the evening prayers. Absolutely outstanding. Highly recommended. My 3rd time.

[@cadoume]

Compline - the Abbey of Gethsemani Opening Verse and Response V - O God, come to my assistance, R - O Lord, make haste to help me Doxology Praise the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit Both now and forever, The God who is who was and is to come At the end of the ages. Hymn Before the ending of the day creator of the world we pray that with thy gracious favour thou wouldst be our guard and keeper now. From fears and terrors of the night defend us Lord by thy great might and when we close our eyes in sleep let hearts with Christ their vigil keep. O Father, this we ask be done through Jesus Christ thine only Son who with the Paraclete and thee now lives and reigns eternally. Amen.

[@Mike.o.s.b]

This is truly lovely and I agree that it is the perfect way to end the day. As an Oblate of Buckfast Abbey in Devon, I always try to watch their daily live streams on this website, especially that of Compline. Thank you for uploading this video. God bless.

[@patriciaray9268]

Thanks for the beautiful Gregorian Chant, so peaceful & meditative. God Bless.

[@Hollylivengood]

These aren't Georgian. Yes, they are the same chants, but the musical quality is the new method created by Father Wadley. I think his name in religion was Fr. Christian, Christus, something like that. But he was a beautiful musician, and wrote the music for it about 80 years ago.

[@Millieardo]

Thank you for posting this video. I miss this place with all of my heart and I hope to return soon.

[@SamLeeSmith]

I loved my retreat there. Thank you for bringing it all back home .

[@raquelurrurialobos5664]

Gracias por estar unidos en la oración.

[@seashoreknits]

A beautifully filmed video - thank you so much for posting this. I have made over a dozen retreats at the Abbey of Gethsemani and this brings all those precious memories back so clearly. May God bless you, dear Trappists.

[@KarenDrimay]

Thank you Br Lawrence. The tunes from Compline keep going through my head.

[@craigkubiak2983]

Been there few years back, one of the best experiences of my life. Awesome prayer and life of devotion to Christ. Silence can teach you many things. Would love to be a monk there

[@billcetta3107]

This was done so well and I enjoy listening to it so much I list to it before I sleep at night. Much love and I forward to any more videos you share.

[@gm1600]

i miss this place and the most amazing monks brother paul Q

[@ginam.decarosusana1171]

Thx Br., this truly allows a smidgen of contemplative Gethsemani to be home w/us...God bless

[@LawrenceMorey]

+Gina M Susana Thank you so much. That is the idea behind all the videos we make here. We hope that others will find them useful for their own prayer. We even hope that some are joining us at Compline through this video. To me, Compline is the bomb, man. Two of the best psalms, and we get spritzed at the end! Fabulous. Br. Lawrence

[@clarencelafuentes5331]

Recommended books: "The soul of the apostolate", "Holy abandonment", and "A Trappist writes home".

[@pragasamanthony663]

The Gregorian chant is truly a connector of heaven and earth. The Church must revert to soul -lifting Latin liturgy on Sundays,leaving other days for worship in native languages . Latin,as St August in loved to call it,is truly the Language of the Angels . Thank you for bringing Gregorian chant to our homes.

[@martinfoos6683]

The chant in this video is in English, so that English speakers in the US can understand it.

[@hesedagape6122]

Gregorian Chant is a musical style. It can be used in any language.

[@benwhitworth8881]

@@hesedagape6122 Gregorian chant is a repertoire. Its texts are in Latin. Change my mind.

[@lawbail5956]

@@benwhitworth8881 Go eat.

[@johnmachale2950]

Thank you, Br Lawrence for giving me a perfect ending to my day. Over the years I have visited Roscrea abbey here in Ireland and the compline has always the same effect:God is showing me he is always looking after me.

[@roccotoothycombs]

I stayed with the monks for a week not in the retreat center wonderful

[@peaveawwii1]

This is as real as real can get. Thanks Please post more

[@UrbanDharma]

Well done Br Lawrence... No lights adds a wonderful sense of mystery for me. :-)

[@ElizabethSheppard]

How beautiful this is, and so peaceful.

[@Bonzo5808]

Hi Br Lawrence. Thank you for this. I will be spending the week of Christmas with your brothers in Oregon. Love Winter Compline's the most.

[@laj2240]

Thank you. A great blessing.

[@ThePonytube]

Does anyone have the music sheet or know how to learn the music for the way the monks sing the psalms ? I was at the Abbey for a retreat last December and fell in love with the way they sing the psalm.

[@dennissheridan8836]

Brother Morey I and I presume many others would enjoy singing long but you didn't mention which psalms and canticles you are singing. God bless you and the others in the community, and you all bask in the lords glorious light.

[@211txb52]

We must pray for President Trump for his protection. God bless

[@Millieardo]

Nevermind I found it!

[@FigaroHey]

Hmm... the note at the top is interesting to me. My uncle - a native Kentuckian - is a monk at the Abbey (about 60 years now), and he always says 'com-PLINE' with a long 'i' (to rhyme with 'sign' or 'mine'). I guess since the monks don't talk much, nobody's ever corrected his pronunciation over more than 5 decades? My Oxford English Dictionary gives me the option of pronouncing it with a short or long 'i.' Makes me wonder how the rest of the monks pronounce it, or if the long 'i' is just a local/Kentucky twang on it. My uncle, by the way, is just a simple farm-boy, laboring monk, not a priest or highly educated, which might have something to do with his pronunciation.

[@Bryanpjc]

Are you related to Brother Conrad? I spent the better part of the week working with him while on retreat this spring and I think of him every day. A wonderful man. Saintly, at least in my eyes. Thanks to your family for giving this splendid human being to God and to the service of Our Lady of Gethsemani and those, like me, who have passed through and hope to return.

[@michaelthomas7223]

He is a religious brother in solem vows making him equal to the Priests who only serve the Sacranents for the community. Their service to God is equal in all things. I am a Benedictine Monk/Priest. I have met your uncle. Been going there since 2000

[@RezaChity-G]

What translation of Psalms do they use?

[@michaelcasey5845]

Great tip. Also see "The Waters of Siloe" (Thomas Merton, 1948). It covers Cistertian history, with emphasis on Gesthemani and American Trappists. Amazing story told in Merton's beautiful prose.

[@E.C.2]

Do you all sing the divine office in Latin?

[@GenizahGuard]

@LawrenceMorey can you tell me which psalm tone this is, please? Thanks.

[@ksink74]

If you have any of the Liturgy of the Hours books from the Catholic Book Publishing Company, the text corresponds to Psalms 4 and 91 from Night Prayer on Sunday I and Sunday II, respectively. Alternately, you can find the text online. Just Google Divine Office.

[@ksink74]

Peculiarly, the Gethsemani Psalter is the only place I've seen the fully detailed explanation of the difference in the Hebrew and Greek Psalter numbering.

[@GenizahGuard]

Can anyone tell me which tone this is? (e.g. Tone 2, etc)

[@roccotoothycombs]

Because the lyrics mostly are psalms

[@michelale1]

I recommened you guys read the book ''Burnt out incense'' it's about the history of the Abbey of Gethsemani, since as born and until 1948, is the book of a saga called Citeaux, is the third one. It's one of the book that has given me more faith and hope, just inspired me. I highly recommend this book.

[@gregbell5423]

Thank you for the book recommendation, I ordered it and hope to bring it with me to the Abby this week

[@sankofm8024]

Good

[@Millieardo]

What is the first psalm? I know the second is 91

[@YearoutW]

This doesn't seem to be from the Liturgy of the Hours. Do the Trappists have a supplement or separate Breviary?

[@anthonylangford7797]

Orders which follow the rule of St Benedict (Trappists for example) have a different liturgy of the hours. Compline in these communities have the same 3 psalms each night so many monasteries pray in the dark from memory which is very beautiful.

[@harryandruschak2843]

"This video contains the entire Office of Compline. We encourage you to sing along with us at home." Um...is the text posted anywhere?

[@The450522]

I do like it. Why do you not write the lyrics?

[@LawrenceMorey]

Jose Valenzuela Thanks for watching the video! If you go to our website for the monastery, www.monks.org, you will see this video linked under the Videos tab. I have provided a PDF file that you can download there which has all the words EXCEPT the psalms themselves. The psalm translation, called "the Grail translation" is still under copyright and I could not get permission to reproduce these two psalms.

[@LawrenceMorey]

Yes, the numbering of the Psalms is very confusing. Psalm 9 in the Latin Vulgate (and the Greek Septuagint before it) splits into Psalm 10 in the Hebrew Tanakh. Then, Psalm 146 in the Vulgate becomes Psalm 147 at verse 12 of the same psalm in the Hebrew. The numbering, then, is one less in the Vulgate than the Hebrew for most of the psalter, but both end at 150. Most English translations follow the Hebrew numbering, but most Catholic bibles follow the Vulgate, as does the Gethsemani Psalter.

[@RezaChity-G]

THANK GOD!

[@costellotwogirls]

Hi Brother Lawrence! You and I had a nice talk one day about photography and video cameras. On that retreat, I took several time elapsed videos. Here they are: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKmkppWQhsaBaqM

[@LawrenceMorey]

costellotwogirls Thanks for the link. I enjoyed the video. I am hoping to incorporate some time-lapse into future videos. It can be quite stunning.

[@peterodira5137]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[@robertmartinez4209]

My greatest days ever. GOD lives with these monks and walls of this Abbeyà

[@paulajacobs4070]

Ps. 4

[@szymongorczynski7621]

Great video, but they could really work on singing in time!

[@kimfab1973]

Would be better in Latin 😉

[@michaelthomas7223]

We don't use the Latin because we want all to be included when they visit. Not since 1865

[@michaelthomas7223]

1965 Vatican II

[@littlefaith8063]

English! No Latin. Awful

[@LawrenceMorey]

+little faith Check the video for the Easter hymn Resurrexi for some true Gregorian chant. The Sunday offertory hymn by the schola is usually in Latin, and around once a month we do a Latin ordinary for mass. For the offices, we use English, since most of the monks are not fluent in Latin and the office is meant to be a time of prayer. Hard to pray when you don't understand the words!Or perhaps you simply meant that the singing was awful. In which case, fair enough.Br. Lawrence

[@littlefaith8063]

hello Br. Lawrence, i don't usually check gmail mail, sorry to ignore you. thanks for the links/suggestions. prayers, littleFaith

[@ScottKnitter]

+little faith Awful? Praying with understanding is awful?

[@littlefaith8063]

latin is universal language

[@ScottKnitter]

That would mean everyone knows it. It's hardly universal.