What is Monasticism?

[@AndreGomes-tn2kb]

Please, everyone, pray for me. I feel attracted to monastic life, but i need strenght to persevere.

[@josvn8275]

pray, pray and pray.... May God bless you and guide you to where he wants you to be.

[@francisobi6851]

Thank you Premonstratensians for your dedication and renunciation of the world!

[@greenshp]

I cannot thank you enough for this, Father. May God bless you and keep you allways in His care.

[@nickpitman5870]

God bless Father! Y’all are in my prayers always

[@AveMaria1917]

The goal is Him, as He is what makes heaven, heaven. Jesus in The Blessed Sacrament and The Holy Infant Jesus of Prague

[@AveMaria1917]

Wise men still seek Him ✨️

[@AveMaria1917]

Holy Angels, pray for me 🕊

[@aquinasjames6002]

This is one of the greatest videos on the love of God I have ever seen. It hit me at a point in my life where I am doing more introspection of Truth, being apart from the world, turning away from myself more and looking to the Lord and the Roman Catholic church. Praying...and as Saint Jean Vianney said the more we pray the more we love to pray. This is what monastacisim builds on, prayer, truth, silence, God.

[@hoofixrman]

Love the Norbertines!

[@IsaacEstrada12]

So inspiring. I would love to see a video like this on the practice of FULLY living married life. It seems like with many Catholics, marriage is constrained by thinking of things like sex as dirty rather than as a Sacrament. I'd love to hear more preaching on good, holy, fully-lived marriages.

[@mawegodollar5010]

Love it ❤❤❤

[@mariauljanic2740]

🙏Awesome Thank you Father Norbert !.🙏 That was truly beautiful and inspiring. ...as always God bless you 😇 And our holy priests and monks.🙏🙏🙏

[@davidstankiewicz2049]

Excellent video and explanation! Thank you Fathers. May all monastic saints of God pray for more vocations to such a beautiful, inspirational and love-filled way of life.

[@Summer1in3]

Absolutely beautiful!!!! Thanks be to God for His goodness and generosity 🙏 and thanks be to God for our holy priests and monks, may He graciously reward them for their sacrifice! Our Lady, Queen of the clergy, pray and intercede for them, dearest Mother 🩵💙

[@eoinMB3949]

I'm starting to think God Is calling me to monasticism

[@enaalvarenga4623]

Wow! This is beautiful! Thank you 💜

[@kaylenehousego8929]

Thank you .

[@here2swear]

Beautiful

[@alexandralejda1149]

Thank you! That was truly beautiful and inspiring. As a lay Benedictine Oblate I really appreciate this type content. PAX

[@sanfransoho]

Wow

[@dobermanpac1064]

✝️🙏

[@Sockens]

Do you all have any recommendations for someone who is discerning Priesthood/Monasticism? I'm fairly ignorant about such things, but I really want to give the Spirit an honest chance to guide me toward them if it is His will. I tragically live quite far away from St. Michael's, but I'd love to at least get some general tips from y'all.

[@Frank020]

Hi, any of your friends see visions?.Do some have a spiritual experience that fills them with fear? 😲

[@chuckcoleman8437]

Are there any Norbertine Churches or Monastaries in the Boston area?

[@tony_van1]

When you say that monasticism is imitating the life of Christ aren't you just imitating one part of his life. Christ didn't spend all his time in the desert praying.

[@AndreGomes-tn2kb]

Monks don't pray all the time either. They work (and in some orders they work hard), teach, celebrate the Holy Sacrifice of Mass etc. Just because they aren't pilgrims like the mendicant orders (franciscans, for example) doesn't mean that they just imitate one part of Christ's life. In reality, monks imitate all of the most important aspects of Christ's life. If they chose to imitate Christ's life as literal as possible, it would be impossible for some of them to really focus on what matter the most, which is praying for the salvation of the world. Franciscans, generally, do more works of charity for the poor than monks, because they have the mission, given by God, to do so. But because of that mission, they generally can't focus on contemplation (or praying) as the monks can. In other words, each charism given by God tells us to focus on some works so we can be able to do our mission right. We are humans. Christ is God and human. We can't try to do everything of religious works, because we'll just do everything really bad. We need to focus on the tasks and missions that God wants us, each of us particularly, to do. Focus is the key word.

[@tony_van1]

@@AndreGomes-tn2kb Thanks for your response, much appreciated.

[@AndreGomes-tn2kb]

@@tony_van1You're welcome, brother!

[@DeeDeeLecter]

🙋🏼‍♀️ excuse me, sir! Do u monastic specimens study medicine and do skiing and stuff like that? 😬 can u be hired to be a nanny? Do u practice yoga, too? 😬