From The Rising Of The Sun To Its Setting..
A certain stillness..
Picture taken shortly after sunrise at Kopua Cistercian Monastery
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Beginnings… And Endings
A new day dawns.
And my stay ends…
Picture taken from Southern Star Abbey, Kopua Monastery, New Zealand
The Liturgy Of The Hours: Compline
“We entrust ourselves to the night as if it were a great ocean from which we can fish up all sorts of wonderful things..”
From The Music of Silence by David Steindl-Rast
Compline completes the Liturgy of the Hours.
Its end marks the beginning of the Great Silence
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“Let all mortal flesh keep silence..”
Picture taken at sunset, Kopua Monastery, New Zealand
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The Liturgy Of The Hours: Vespers
Vespers: evening prayer.
The dying of the light…
Picture taken at dusk in Kopua Monastery, New Zealand
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The Liturgy Of The Hours: None
None: the ninth hour:
a rainbow begins to break through the storm clouds.
Picture taken at Southern Star Abbey, Kopua Monastery. New Zealand
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The Liturgy Of The Hours: Sext
Sext: the sixth hour
Picture shows the Abbey church and guesthouse, Kopua Monastery. New Zealand
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The Liturgy Of The Hours: Vigils
A full moon lights the way to vigils.
Requiem Introit
Grant them eternal rest, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
A hymn becomes you, O God, in Zion,
and to you shall a vow be repaid in Jerusalem.
Hear my prayer;
to you shall all flesh come.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
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Picture taken on the way to 4:00am Vigils, at Southern Star Abbey, Kopua Monastery. New Zealand
Caught By The Light
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Picture taken in my room while staying in Kopua Monastery, New Zealand
Awaiting Dawn
“..they that watch for the morning..”
Sunrise at Kopua Monastery.
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Picture taken from the steps of Southern Star Abbey, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.
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