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Expanded Index of Benedictine Oblate
and Benedictine Spirituality Topics
The Expanded Index contains many Benedictine oblate links and summaries.
The Expanded Index is where I keep a list of all the things I want
to find quickly. The
Mini Index is for people who want to
find the essential Benedictine oblate information quickly.
● About
Oblate Spring
Purpose, dedication
●
How to use the Oblate Spring.
Two options on how to locate information contained on this web site.
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Abbeys online oblate newsletters. See "Monasteries" for
listing of all monasteries.
● Abbreviations For religious orders, like O.S.B. or O.F.M.
●
Antiphon
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Articles Links to four key
documents on oblates and the divine office. Oblate Manuals.
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Articles
Links to foundational
in-depth articles about monasticism and St. Benedict from the New Advent
Encyclopedia (the 1914 classic).
● Benedictine
Daily Prayer compared to
The Monastic Diurnal
●
Benedictine Daily Prayer (BDP)
Tabs & Guide: How to use this
popular book for praying the Benedictine divine office.
Materials for making tabs
Basic Tabs & Guide for using
These are the tabs I use and have found to be helpful
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Benedictine
Spirituality
in PDF - An Overview
For many
people it is the desire for a deeper spiritual life that causes them
to open the door to this little-known and ancient part of the
Catholic church.
Benedictine Spirituality drew me
and my wife to the Catholic Benedictine monastery near our home. We
knew something was there for us the minute we walked on the abbey grounds.
Benedictine
spirituality is peace, tranquility, and rest in God. For us, we had
travelled many years on a spiritual path, and this was like coming
to the headwaters of the stream.
Benedictine spirituality is not
something added to our lives, it was the conversion of our ordinary
lives into a life for God: an oblation.
(The above
link is to my
overview of the basis and reasons for Benedictine Spirituality.)
In-depth key, foundational
documents for Benedictine oblates:
●
Benedict St. Benedict
in PDF
Life of St. Benedict
of Nursia, Italy. Born at Nursia, c. 480 AD; died at Monte Cassino,
Italy, 543 AD. Benedict was author/compiler of a Rule for monks. The
Rule consists of 73 short chapters on how to live in a monastery.
Benedicts Rule became the foundation of western monasticism.
The Rule contains many Biblical principles for living the Christian
life making the Rule easily used by oblates who do not live in a
monastery. That's part of the wisdom we find in the Rule.
Nursia (Latin)
is now spelled Norcia in Italy and is pronounced "Nor - cha."
St. Benedict Article
on New Advent Encyclopedia
●
Benedictine Monasticism
Encyclopedia articles.
●
Blog my Oblate Blog about my life as an oblate.
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Blogs listed on the Oblate Blog, an alphabetical list
● Books
First book to read
about being an oblate.
●
Books
Lists and where to buy.
● Breviaries
Online charts from Keller Book. A breviary is a book of the divine
offices (also known as the liturgy of the hours, or opus dei (work
of God)). If you want to pray the divine offices, you will get some
type of breviary. I use the
Benedictine Daily Prayer.
● Breviaries
Benedictine Daily Prayer
compared to The Monastic Diurnal
●
Benedictine Daily Prayer (BDP)
Tabs & Guide: How to use this
popular book for praying the Benedictine divine office.
Materials for making tabs
Basic Tabs & Guide for using
These are the tabs I use and have found to be helpful
● Calendar
For Divine Office from Universalis
●
Chiasmus
Parallelism
(in Time's Parallelism article)
●
Chimes
Time's Parallelism
●
Conversatio Morum
means
fidelity to the
monastic
life.
This
long document contains
an extensive list of quotes from web sites on the meaning of this
strange and uniquely Benedictine term.
●
Divine Office
prayed by oblates
In-depth article on divine office at Christ in
the Desert Monastery.
Online Divine Office at
Universalis
If you need to pray the divine office at your computer or on
your hand-held device, you will like Universalis.
I print the Universalis
calendar and use it to make
sure I keep up with the Saints, Time of Year (Ordinary Time,
Advent, etc.) and the Psalm week (1-4).
● E-Benedictines overview of St. Benedict and
the Benedictine way
● Encyclopedia
Links to many articles on Benedictine monasticism, New Advent
Encyclopedia.
●
England & Ireland Benedictine, Cistercian monasteries
● Examiner.com --
Benedictine Monastic Spirituality
Examiner -- Articles on
Examiner.com
●
Guidelines For Oblates
Best summary of
what oblates are expected to do. Adopted by oblate directors.
Adopted by oblate directors
● Hermits
New Advent Encyclopedia article
● History of oblates
Scholarly
article on the development of oblates in Western Monasticism.
● In-Depth Documents
Benedictine Monasticism for oblates
● International
World Congress of Oblates every four years.
International Benedictine oblates.
●
Ireland & England Benedictine, Cistercian monasteries
●
Jewish roots
Brief summary of how Jewish practices before Christ shaped the daily
prayer practices of the earliest Christians. These are the roots of the
divine office still prayed today in Benedictine monasteries around the
world.
● Lay Associates of religious orders List of associations and
Third Orders for the lay faithful.
● Lectio Divina (divine reading)
Lectio Divina (explained) is slow, contemplative Bible reading
that lets God speak to your heart and seeks close communion with
God by God's illumination of your soul.
There are several ways to describe
the core concept of lectio divina (divine reading). For me it is a
way of listening to God and consists of
(a) slow reading of
the Bible until (b) God's illumination and (c) then stopping to
contemplate and rest in that illumination. The last part of the
process consists of
the time in silence immediately after reading and in keeping the
illumination in mind sometimes for an extended period of time.
I like thinking of lectio divina as a unified process dependent on
the Holy Spirit rather than a step-by-step process dependent on the
reader's action. But that's just me and my dislike for trying to
place spirituality into a set of step-by-step instructions.
But thankfully everyone is
different. You must find your way. Many people like the four-step method of:
More excellent descriptions of lectio divina:
Abbot Isaac Camacho at Saint Leo Abbey in
Florida, USA, dedicated a wall in the abbey church to lectio
divina. There are some woodcarvings by an abbey monk,
a large Bible, and this excellent
description of lectio divina.
By the Orlando Roman Catholic Examiner
Lectio Divina, with a video describing the four-step and
single-step methods.
At a
Jesuit's web
site
By the Carmelites
Lectio Divina
By Pluscarden Abbey, Scotland
Lectio Divina
By a Franciscan at his blog
Lectio Divina
By the Camaldolese Benedictine Oblates
(scroll down on page)
Lectio Divina
At Fish Eaters
Lectio Divina
At QVDAYS
Lectio Divina in PDF -- The description of the
"contemplation" phase of lectio is excellent and gives the
essence of the goal of lectio divina.
At the Vatican's Official web site by an
Auxiliary Bishop
Lectio Divina
Additional Lectio Divina Resources
Overview of lectio divina history from the
Cistercian (Benedictine) tradition along with Pope Benedict
XVI's references to lectio divina and a series of beautiful
pictures.
Lectio Divine Overview at "Idle Speculations"
Lectio divina is pronounced:
LEK-si-oh dih-VEE-nuh.
● Links
Oblate Resources (Page 4 of this web site) Essential
& most basic resources are
grouped by TOPICS .
This is my list of KEY Internet Resources for new oblates and those
interested in exploring oblate monasticism in depth. This is
where to start a serious examination of oblates and monasticism.
The Page 4 is a manageable list of
Topics providing a wide introduction to oblate monasticism.
● Liturgy of the Hours
See
Divine Office in this index
● Manual
for oblates --
from the Monastery of the Ascension
● Maps to monasteries with oblate programs, and online oblate
newsletters
● Message Boards, Online Forums, Mailing lists
●
Monasteries maps to monasteries with oblate programs, and
online oblate newsletters
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Monasteries with online oblate newsletters addresses, maps to monasteries with oblate programs,
and online oblate newsletters
● Monasteries
Find
a monastery or Benedictine group near you or one that you might be
interested in. Don't have a monastery near you
not to
worry.
Some monasteries have lay
associates located all across the nation.
● Monastery
Podcasts
Beautiful Lauds and Vespers
podcasts from a great Benedictine monastery.
●
Monastic Diurnal Background history of this classic book for
praying the Benedictine divine office.
● Monastic
Diurnal compared to
Benedictine Daily Prayer
● Monasticism
Many articles on Benedictine monasticism.
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Mystical Theology Link to New Advent Article
"extraordinary forms
of prayer, the higher
forms of contemplation in all
their varieties or gradations, private revelations,
visions, and the union growing out of these between God and
the soul, known as the mystical union."
● Mysticism
Link to New
Advent Article When the heart "enlightened
by special illuminations, contemplates with ineffable joy the Divine
essence."
● New
What's new at the Oblate Spring, added and revised pages on this Oblate
Spring web site and the Oblate Blog.
Newsletters of oblate programs
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Newsletters published by oblate programs, maps to abbeys
● Number
Number
of oblates
in World
● Oblates
What's an Oblate?
Brief summary
● Oblates
Becoming an Oblate
--
What's an oblate? (in more detail)
--
How to become an oblate
--
What do oblates do?
More Information:
Essential In-Depth Documents
on Benedictine Monasticism for oblates:
● Oblates Formation Booklet
from Saint Vincent Archabbey
● Oblates
Guidelines For Oblates
Best summary of
what oblates are expected to do. Adopted by oblate directors.
● Oblates International
Web site of the Organizing Committee of
the Benedictine Oblates World Congress
● Oblates Manual
from the Monastery of the Ascension -- large
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Oblates Newsletters published by oblate programs, maps to abbeys
● Oblates
Number
in World
● Oblate programs at monasteries, addresses, maps, newsletters
● Online
Daily Office and
Breviaries
● Opus Dei Work of God See
Divine Office in this index
● Order of St. Benedict
for all things
Benedictine.
●
Parallelism
Described in the Psalms
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Polls
Archive of
closed past polls from the Oblate Blog
●
Pope Benedict XVI Reasons for
choosing name Benedict.
● Popes' writings and statements on monastic topics
●
Psalms Parallelism
●
Quaerere Deum to seek God. Pope quote.
●
Reading
Importance of
spiritual reading
● Retreats
Find
a retreat near you or far away
if you want to travel -- think of it as a pilgrimage.
● Retreats in Florida at St. Leo Abbey Directions, map, and
GPS coordinates. For spiritual retreats and praying the divine
office with the monks, a time of rest on holy ground.
● Rule of St. Benedict
A set of 73 short chapters on how monks
are to
live together in a monastery under an abbot. Written about 530
AD. My favorite translation is this version of the
It has a gentle grace and beauty.
Short, simple, and with its principles expressed in frequent
Biblical phrases and allusions, this Rule guides monasteries of
monks and nuns all over the world today. Other than the Bible,
the Rule of St. Benedict has been called the most important book for
the development of European society and culture.
The Rule's principle are easily
adaptable to "regular" Christians who are not monks or nuns.
●
Rule of St. Benedict Commentary
Commentary by a monk for oblates -- one of
the best resources available
●
Seeking God (Quaerere Deum) to seek God. Pope quote.
● Silence
Oblate blog on effect of God's creation
● St. Leo Abbey Directions, map, and GPS coordinates.
For spiritual retreats and praying the divine office with the monks, a
time of rest on holy ground.
● St.
Teresa of Avila (a Carmelite)
●
Tabs for Benedictine Daily Prayer (BDP)
Tabs & Guide: How to use this
popular book for praying the Benedictine divine office.
Materials for making tabs
Basic Tabs & Guide for using
These are the tabs I use and have found to be helpful
● Third
Orders, tertiaries, confraternities
●
Time
Chime Parallelism
●
Universalis online liturgy of the hours, calendar, my
blog on Universalis
● Vatican documents Links to
documents by Popes and
Vatican officials on monasticism. You will find long and in-depth reading if
you go here. Probably not for a person who stumbled here and
wants to know if oblates wear hoods and robes. (I wear neither,
except when I read the Pope's encyclicals in Latin.)
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Web sites for Benedictine oblate Yes, while this Oblate
Spring is a good source, you will also want to read many other web sites
as well.
Provides links to four key web sites, sites
by other Benedictine oblates, and International websites
(Non-English)
● What's New at the Oblate Spring
Added and
revised pages on this Oblate Spring web site
and Oblate Blog,
on page 6.
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Work of God Opus Dei
See
Divine Office in this index
●
World Congress of Oblates every four years.
International Benedictine oblates.
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