Daily program of the monks
of the Cistercian monastery of Our Lady in Vyšší Brod (founded in 1259)
THE MONASTERY - A LIVING TRADITION!
followed by meditation
followed by a morning mass in the monastery (at 10.00 on Sundays and holidays)
Breakfast individually
followed by Lectio divina (spiritual reading)
followed by Necrologium (prayer for the dead)
Midday meal
Midday break (common recreation on Sundays and holidays)
followed by the Rosary (voluntary)
Sunday: Eucharistic adoration and Benediction
Common recreation (voluntary)
Compline, Salve Regina
Silentium (strict nocturnal silence)
!ORA ET LABORA - PRAY AND WORK!