The Society of Saint John the Evangelist

Worship Schedule

The Chapel in Cambridge is closed until September 2010 as part of renovation of the Monastery buildings.

About the Daily Office

The Brothers’ worship schedule, what has traditionally been called the "Daily Office," is described in the SSJE Rule of Life as:

"A sustained act of union with Christ by which we participate in his unceasing offering of love to the Father. In reciting the psalms, singing canticles and hymns, proclaiming the divine word in Scripture, or lifting our voices in prayer, we are to enter more and more into the mind, heart, and will of Christ, and to be borne up by the Spirit in him to the Father.

Our praying of the psalter, which is the heart of the Daily Office, takes us ever deeper into the mystery of the incarnation; the psalms give voice to the whole range of human experience which Christ has embraced and redeemed as the Savior of the world. As we sing and chant deep levels of our being are involved; our hearts are lifted up in greater exultation. And music enhances our worship with riches inherited from many ages."

 

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