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The motto ORA ET LABORA on the emblem of Billimoria High School in Panchgani, India. The phrases "pray and work" (or "pray and labor"; Latin: ora et labora) and to work is to pray (laborare est orare) refer to the monastic practice of working and praying, generally associated with its use in the Rule of Saint Benedict.
At Prime on Monday let three Psalms be said, namely Psalms 1, 2 and 6. And so each day at Prime until Sunday let three Psalms be said in numerical order, to Psalm 19, but with Psalms 9 and 17 each divided into two parts. Thus it comes about that the Night Office on Sunday always begins with Psalm 20.
The Divine Mercy is a Catholic devotion to the mercy of God associated with the reported apparitions of Jesus to Faustina Kowalska. [1]The Divine Mercy devotion is composed of several practices such as the Divine Mercy Sunday, the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy or the Divine Mercy image, which Kowalska describes in her diary as "God's loving mercy" towards all people, especially for sinners.
By the time of Benedict of Nursia (480–548 AD), the monastic Divine Office was composed of seven daytime hours and one at night. In his Rule of St. Benedict, he associated the practice with Psalm 118/119:164, "Seven times a day I praise you", and Psalm 118/119:62, "At midnight I rise to praise you". [41]
The Scapular of Saint Benedict rests upon the Holy Bible and Book of Common Prayer. The Scapular of St. Benedict is a Christian devotional scapular.This scapular is worn most often by the votarists and oblates belonging to the Order of Saint Benedict, who most often come from the Anglican, Catholic, Lutheran, and Methodist Churches. [4]
This Chaplet of St Michael has beads to indicate the prayers of the chaplet, and a medal with a picture of St Michael. A chaplet is a form of Christian prayer which uses prayer beads, and which is similar to but distinct from the Rosary. Some chaplets have a strong Marian element, others focus more directly on Jesus Christ and his Divine ...
The author of the Rule of Saint Benedict, which was the principal monastic code in Western Europe in the early Middle Ages, was Saint Benedict of Nursia (c. 480 –550). Under this Rule the lives of the monks were mainly devoted to prayer, together with reading sacred texts and manual work.
By February of the following year, the single had broken the all-time sales record in Germany with 1.65 million sales, [26] and would eventually get certified 11× Gold for selling over 2,750,000 copies. [27] "Time to Say Goodbye" reached number two on the UK Singles Chart upon its release there in May 1997, and was certified gold. [28]