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Nieko labiau nevertinti už Kristaus meilę.
RB 4,21
For monks, hospitality is a sacred obligation. According to St. Benedict, every visitor must be received as Christ himself, who declared in the Gospel: “I was a stranger, and you received me.” The monastic church is open to all who wish to pray with our community.
Visitors should feel free to address the monk at the reception or porter’s lodge.
The monastery accepts requests for special Mass intentions.
At the porter’s lodge, post cards of the monastery are available, as well as missals and religious books, Gregorian chant recordings and devotional objects, such as holy cards, medals and rosaries.
The monks of Palendriai publish a missal for the faithful in Lithuanian, “Gyvoji douna –The Bread of Life”. It contains the prayers and readings for Sunday Mass throughout the year, together with meditations on the Gospel. Missals can be obtained at the monastery or ordered.
During this period of lock down we have arranged broadcasts of our daily services:
Benedictines belong to the oldest order of monastic life in the Catholic Church of the West. St. Benedict lived in Italy from 480-547. Inheriting traditions from the East, he wrote a Rule which organizes communities where brothers (or sisters) pray together in church seven times a day, study and meditate on Holy Scripture and work with their hands, while offering hospitality to those who wish to enjoy an oasis of peace and recollection for short periods of time. Benedictine life has played an important role in the religious, cultural and economic development of virtually every European country. The Benedictines have… Read More
