I was born in 785 AD. The year today is 810 AD, which makes me currently twenty-five years old. At the age of fifteen I decided to join the monastery. It is not as easy as everyone thinks, you don’t just come in and say you want to join. It is a spiritual journey, it takes time. It takes long because you have to be sure that this is the life you want to lead. You can quit anytime while you are trying to join a monastery if you decide you cannot make it your life devotion, but once you say your final vows it is very difficult to get out. My family and I decided it would be a great opportunity for me to join a monastery because I wanted to get an education and many of my family members had gone into monasteries and convents, but I was still unsure about living in a monastery for the rest of my life and being celibate. My journey became very emotional. I stayed in the monastery for a few months so I could experience life as a monk, I was called a novice at this time. I learned that this was like a small community where everyone depends on each other to do their assigned jobs so they can survive and thrive. I was put through many rough tests to prove that I was going to be able to follow the rules that the monastery set for me and offer my life to God. After about two years I took my final vows and became an official monk. Once the ceremony concluded I was given a tonsure haircut and a clothing called monastic habit.
I became part of the Fleury Abbey Monastery also called Saint-Benoit-sur-Loire Abbey for the city it is in. This monastery was founded in 640 AD and is located in France. It is a Benedictine monastery. Our monastery contains relics of St. Benedict of Nursia. Our monastery was built with early Romanesque architecture. We...
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Nearly 400 miles south of Chartres is the charming town of Toulouse, France. Now home to one of the most well-known of the Romanesque churches, Toulouse was once an important site for pilgrims traveling across Europe on a journey down to Old Saint Peter’s. During the Middle Ages into the Gothic period, the pilgrimage to Rome was less about the end result than it was about the journey there. Europe was littered with dozens of pilgrimage churches, each housing precious relics that had once belonged to Christ, the Blessed Virgin, and the saints. The difficult trek made it the ultimate way to atone for one’s sins, particularly if one was determined and visited all of the correct churches in Europe. And yet, the pilgrims were all united as they attended Mass at each church; no matter where they were on the continent, the Eucharisst was celebrated in Greek, and then in Latin towards the end of the period (Fischer). In the case of Toulouse, it was home to Saint-Sernin. Like most churches on the pilgrim’s path, it was massive, capable of holding a large number of pilgrims. It’s q...
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Because of religions importance in people�s live, many people chose to devote their lives to serve God and do the Church’s work. These monks and nuns lived apart from the world and lived in special communities called monasteries or nunneries. Monks and nuns promised to ...
Francis of Assisi was born in the 13th Century AD, and spent his life as a reforming monastic order. Throughout time we see the mission of
Certain words and phrases are able to conjure up entire scenes, images of a time long past. So too is it with the term “Middle Ages.” Immediately upon hearing such a phrase, the individual’s mental picture of the times is brought to the forefront, but not the Middle Ages as they were, but as they have been romanticized to be. The phrase conjures up pictures of castles, of fiefdoms, peasant villages, kings and queens, lords and ladies, dancing, merriment, great feasts, jousting, and, of course, the chivalric code and the concept of courtly love. These last two, these ideals, were long ago recorded in written histories and in written tales, allowing the concepts to propagate throughout the ages, trickling down through
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As we enter the Medieval time, there was a development of Monasticism where the number of monks and nuns increased tremendously among men and women. It resulted as, both a good thing and a bad thing.
order of St. Benedict in the monastery of Maur des Fosses, which is located near Paris”
In the first part of the book, “The Medieval Mind”, Manchester introduces the reader with the environment of the medieval times and the customs of that time as well as the medieval people’s access and understanding of Christianity, which is crucial in understanding the times.
The formation and popularity of the friars was a response to the need for monastic change and spiritual redirection. Monasteries, during the Middle Ages, were troubled with complacency. The growth of worldliness was visible in the excesses of possessions and land ownership. As monasteries grew more powerful, they became more secular, corrupt and less devoted to the Church. These problems altered the society’s image of the monks and church clerics.
In conclusion monasticism is the practice of devoted individual who dedicate their lived to the worship of God. After the rise of monasticism in the middle Ages, it became a popular religious way of life throughout Europe and the practices and beliefs systems which developed during it rises greatly affected life within the Catholic Church. Monasticism has greatly affect life in today’s society and continues to influence us
When I was a child I used to be frightened of entering such a place for it seemed so imposing and somewhat dangerous, especially when music was being played. One day, in order to keep a promise I had made, I saw myself forced to enter. It took me quite a while to get the courage to pass through the old oak door, but the moment I stepped in, I realized just how enchanting and breathtaking this building could be. Its fantastic architecture and exquisite frescoes reflect perfectly the unity between this earth and the unseen kingdom of angels in such a manner that one cannot say where one ends and the other begins. The way in which the church was built is also the vivid testimony of a medieval period. Although it is a place that can sometimes be cold and ask for respect it is where prayers are answered and magic is done. An overwhelming feeling of inner harmony takes over you once you enter and God seems much closer. Darkness and light are welded perfectly together creating Redemption’s house. The tower allows you to see the entire town from the smallest river to the biggest building site, offering you its mightiness.
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