Chapter 69 a thousand years of faith

No matter how the world changes, their belief in God will never change, and the law of life will never change. In the Casamani Monastery not far from Rome, Italy, a simple and strict monk's life law has been maintained. This life law can be said to be the limit of personal sacrifice for monks, but it has lasted for a thousand years. not fall. In the Casamani Monastery, there are more than 70 monks of the Sitto Order. Like the monks of the same order in other parts of the world, they believe that only by abandoning this world and obeying their religious organization can their souls be saved.Therefore, no matter how the world changes, their belief in God will never change, and their law of life will never change.

Every monk of the Cistercian order obeys St.Canon established by Benedict in the sixth century AD.The canon has detailed admonitions for the details of daily life. The monks get up in the dark at 3:45 every morning, line up and silently walk through the promenade, and go to the Gothic synagogue to pray and start their day. From 3:45 in the morning to 8:45 in the evening, the 17 hours in a day are subdivided into 20 sections, and each section has a special activity for each section.Among them, eight hours are devoted to religious services and six hours to work, because St.Benedict believed that laziness is the enemy of the soul.

Living this dreary life, day after day, year after year, may seem unbearable to outsiders, but the monks of Casamani Monastery have lived this life for a thousand years.They are silent most of the day, poor and pure all their lives. Ignoring the changes in the external world and living a regular and simple life with firm beliefs seems dull and dull, but perhaps because of this kind of concentration, they can maintain the freedom and abundance of their hearts.