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Monks pray...in fact, our Holy Father St. Benedict said that we were to prefer nothing to Christ and the Opus Dei is our primary work (translated as Work of God which means our daily communal prayers). Thus, the primary work of the monk is PRAYER. In today’s society, some people have a negative view of prayer thinking it accomplishes nothing. Even if they do believe in prayer, they often say that prayer is only meant to change the praying person and not the actual events being prayed for. Well, our Catholic Church has always thought otherwise.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that “Prayer is the raising of one’s mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God. (#2559).” We pray not because God needs our prayers, but because He is pleased with them. In doing so, we change both ourselves, but also seek to unite our will with God’s will for the things being prayed for.We monks gather to communally pray five times a day and privately twice a day to pray our Lectio Divina and Night Prayer of Compline. We would be honored to include your needs in our daily prayers. You may contact our 24 hour prayer line at 1-800-350-5889 where you can leave a prayer request. You may also use the form on this page to send your request and our Director of the Abbey Prayer Ministry will make sure our monks begin praying for your needs.
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OTHER RESOURCE SERVICES:
If you are in need of speaking to someone about pressing issues in your life that require immediate attention, then there are a number of wonderful referral services in the United States that you may contact while we monks are praying for your needs:National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
(800) 273-8255
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
(800) 622-2255
Al-Anon Family Groups
(888) 425-2666
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Referral Hotline
(800) 662-4357
Domestic Violence Hotline/Child Abuse
(800) 799-7233
Elder Abuse Hotlines
(800) 252-8966
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Eating Disorders
(630) 577-1330
Adolescent Crisis Intervention & Counseling Nineline
(800) 999-9999