Please thank the prior for allowing this filming. It is so soothing to those of us who are in the hustle of the world. Sometimes I awake between midnight and 3 am and think, "They're praying." I feel safe, covered with their blanket of prayer.

@arianwharff7034

Жыл бұрын

I have the same experience. When I woke up in the middle of the night, I thought about the monks at The Transfiguration Monastery. 🙏

@tyloxs4135

10 ай бұрын

I thought about this yesterday morning!

@allenmacneel1572

9 ай бұрын

Sometimes when i,m not lazy, i get up in the middle of the night and join them in prayer

@sisterpacifica

7 ай бұрын

They are a gift to the Church!

@shan6021

3 ай бұрын

I too am watching this at 0300 hrs.

These monks live their entire lives as an oblation to the Blessed Trinity. What a beautiful and selfless act. Prayers and penances offered up for the entire world.

@museluvr

5 күн бұрын

Imagine how the world would be if there were tens of thousands of more men who forsake the 'world' for God' children.

Great reverence for the Priest who, being a Diocesan, speaks so highly of the Carthusian Monks. ✨

I was a young boy, probably 12 years old when I discovered this charter house. My family was vacationing in a little town on the opposite side of the mountain, a town called Sangate. I will never forget it

Ive never thought Id come across younger Monsignor Rosetti here.. what a nice surprise!

The priest who narrates s very good and explains how the monks ive--and why--very well. Thanks for this lovely video.

Very profound and glad to see Mgsr Rosetti involved. I bet the demons really hate him because of this association!

Fr Rosetti said it best at the end - these monks dedicated their lives to God. As we should.

Thankyou! I saw a documentary called “ into great silence” about a similar monastery in Europe, but had no idea there is one in North America. Deo Gratias!

Thankyou very much. I enjoyed getting a glimpse into the Carthusian monastery. Inspiring.

James 5:16 …The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.

I have a brother who, like me, despite 12 years of Catholic school was an Agnostic and borderline Atheist. On a visit to Italy, he was asked by a waitress if he could stop at a Monastery and review some papers from the States about land inheritance. A great Washington DC Attorney and top litigator didn’t come back to the U.S for over 13 years and then because the Department of State asked the Vatican to order the Carthusian order’s Prior General to insist that he be given 2 weeks to to return to the States for debriefing by Departments of State, Justice and CIA. He had been Private Counsel to them. He finished quickly and received permission to visit his family in Pacific Palisades California. He was hit by a car and hurt very bad, very, very bad and has been unable to return to his Community in Italy but his cell is still waiting and he is still a Carthusian Choirmonk/Priest. This Monastery in Vermont seems very luxurious compared to his. They even have a new heating system. Not like his and another I’ve visited. His cell is kept warm by a wood burning stove. I’m surprised at the Monastery in Vermont. No wonder they have a large number of Choirmonks. His tops out at 7 or 8 including my brother.

@WhodiKalecgos

Жыл бұрын

I don't think you got the right impression from the video. There's no internal heating in the Vermont monastery, you can see the wood burning stove in the cell. Carthusians are very strict about making sure that each monastery adheres to the same rules as the others, every two years they send monks to other monasteries to make sure no one is getting lax.

@jimmieoakland3843

Жыл бұрын

That is a hell of a story. It could easily be turned into a movie.

@CarpeDiem-bu3lz

Жыл бұрын

I hope that your brother makes a speedy recovery. Please tell us more!

@teresaoftheandes6279

8 ай бұрын

I prayed for his healing and his return to his monastery.

Long may the blessed order continue

Living the "essential good," beautiful. San Bruno ora pro nobis.

Bless you dear Brothers. The world continues through your lives.

Cross stands Firm ❤️

This men are incredible

Can the film producer make a longer version and go into greater detail regarding the life of these monks?

@CarpeDiem-bu3lz

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think that would be possible. I read somewhere that the prior only gave them one day to film. He sis d that once they left, they could never return.

@coffeebirdtree

Жыл бұрын

"Into Great Silence" is like 3 hours long, about their oldest monastery in France.

St Bruno, 'Found the Lord in silence and solitude.' Others have no interest in the practice of these things.

@allenmacneel1572

9 ай бұрын

But boy can they make fun of those who do!

@marionopisso212

6 ай бұрын

​@@allenmacneel1572That's because they lack understanding.

happy Feast of St. Bruno!

I am amazed that people choose to live like this, but each person must live their life and die as they see fit.

Thank you so much for sharing

Cordially from Croatia

A very beautiful life.

It is sad it was built in such an ugly way but God bless these dear monks!❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@Chakra_king

Жыл бұрын

If it were all beauty on the outside, the monks would be tempted to seek God on the outside. Yet the Kingdom of God is within our hearts and souls. Having simplicity and asceticism forces us to look within rather than outwards, and so this is why this can be very helpful to these holy men God bless

@CarpeDiem-bu3lz

Жыл бұрын

@@Chakra_king very true. I only wish that it could have been built like the other charter houses.

@CarpeDiem-bu3lz

Жыл бұрын

I still like the wooden walls

@zenuno6936

Жыл бұрын

@@Chakra_king still, brutalist arquitecture doesn't seem appropriate. Its not modest, its outright ugly. Monasteries created countless saints and were never ugly.

@jbw53191

Жыл бұрын

I have always found brutalist architecture captivating, thought-provoking, and beautiful.

As a Vermonter I had no idea there are monks in Vermont

@br.samuel4754

5 ай бұрын

You can't visit the monastery, but go there, and look, see, smell, it should be a wellness for you. I Will Pray for that experience🫳🙏

@freeskyfood

3 ай бұрын

Revelation 14:3 and they sing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the one hundred forty-four thousand who have been redeemed from the earth. 4 It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins; these follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been redeemed from humankind as first fruits for God and the Lamb, 5 and in their mouth no lie was found; they are blameless.

Iam too sorry for the allegations leveled against such a devine monks. Instead l believe the testimony given by the ex novice. God bless you leading a devine life. I offer my help both in spirit and kind

The Carthusian fathers don't do much and the brothers help them do it. Not my words but by a Carthusian monk.

@Jennings9462

Жыл бұрын

In your life, you will never do as much as a Carthusian Choirmonk or any of the Brothers. I have in Entertainment and was/am sort of until I return to Carthusian Monastery in Italy and spent long hours doing arduous work. I've spent countless time writing movies and a few books and will never work harder than a Choirmonk. They work hard, occasionally, to keep the faith that brought them to the Carthusians. You will never accomplish 1/2 of what they do. The proof is simple. Wouldn't someone without a very deep faith be bored to death doing nothing?

I grew up not far from here and in High School our Golf Team played a match or two at Equinox. This is a beautiful area in the Piemont area of Vermont. I think we all know that Pope Francis is not too keen on contemplative orders which suggests he is unaware of their crucial value to the Faith.

@alfrek294

Жыл бұрын

pope francis is not too keen about catholicism

@brianbricker6336

Жыл бұрын

And you two are not too keen on facts nor on Christian charity. Get a grip!

@bernie4268

Жыл бұрын

I did not know that. Surely there is a place for contemplation in our world. In fact, I consider it essential.

@marionopisso212

6 ай бұрын

​@@bernie4268Contemplation is essential in that seeking union with God provides the fuel to carry out the 'action' oriented call on a life.

Just one question. If those monks don't meet outsiders, how did they meet the Davidsons?

@chriswedge9942

Жыл бұрын

I’m guessing it was on one of their weekly walks. Once a week the Carthusians go on a hike and they walk in threes or so it seems from what I have read. If they met neighbours on the trail it would be natural to talk especially as the monks were talking to each other at that time. I could be wrong.

@reecenewton3097

Жыл бұрын

@@chriswedge9942 Look at the modern film "Into Great Silence." It shows in detail their lives, still doing the same way. Yes, they do talk when on weekend hikes. kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZXuTqs2IhKSclaw.html

@michaelperigo6746

Жыл бұрын

Email,.maybe. I had a very intbug duration limited Q&A with .monk who Answered their emails.

google THE BRIEF RULE OF SAINT ROMUALD and make it your "default setting."

Is it possible to get the audio files for the chants by the monks in this video?

@christopherkronen2276

Жыл бұрын

I think the chant used in this video is actually from: In The Silence Of The Word: A Carthusian Plainchant Meditation by The monks of Parkminster (Performer). This CD can be purchased from that famous online river in Brazil. ;-)

@Beatitudes8

Жыл бұрын

​@@christopherkronen2276Thank you!

@br.samuel4754

5 ай бұрын

There are cd's with their liturgical chants

The introduction doesn't make sense.

How do they generate income, in this way of Life , I wonder.

@CarpeDiem-bu3lz

Жыл бұрын

They have their own gardens and make their own food. I’m not sure if they have other donors/benefactors.

@bobcochrane186

Жыл бұрын

Carthusian foundation, mass intentions and donations to say few. At on time there was a gift shop at the base of Mt. EQUINOX

@reecenewton3097

Жыл бұрын

@@CarpeDiem-bu3lz They make and sell internationally the Grand Chartreuse liquor.

@dianastvarnik697

Жыл бұрын

They sell Vine, fruit, honey vinegar and many other stuff

@7mileislandreview

Жыл бұрын

They have a couple ways of generating income. The main stream of income at this particular location is Mt Equinox, also known as Skyline Drive. They charge $25 per car and $5 per passenger to drive up the Mt and the view is incredible. They have a gift shop at the bottom and that's where you pay to enter/drive Skyline Drive and in the gift shop they has thinks (religious items) that the monks made. At the top they have a building and it explains the history of the Mt and how this all came about, as well as a pray room. It was interesting to say the least. When driving up they have these houses and from what I read and was told that these homes are where family comes once a year to spend time with monk. The monks are only allowed to talk to each other on Mondays. This is one of the only charter houses in North America. The biggest overall income of the Carthusian Monks as a whole is Chartreuse Liqueur (they have a variety) which is a herbal type of liqueur. I only know all this because I was up in Vermont in that area and did the Skyline Drive.

Um padre secular tratando da cartuxa... tonteria!

If this is how someone wants to live their life, more power to you I guess. I just don't get it.

@anthonylangford7797

Жыл бұрын

I once heard a monk after being told that his life serves no purpose. He smiled and replied 'thank you for the compliment. You are correct i serve no purpose, i serve God'

@michaelperigo6746

Жыл бұрын

You don't have to. It's a calling, not a wanting.

@rogeredwards4871

10 ай бұрын

They...don't need external solutions to internal problems, no need for distractions/dopamine hits. As Jesus said, "A peace beyond all understanding that can never be taken away...even into death. What's that worth?

@allenmacneel1572

9 ай бұрын

​@@anthonylangford7797great quote!

@GrGal

9 ай бұрын

Beautiful… thank you so much every one who took the time to respond here with so much insight… my heart flies ❤

This priest speaks too much, too much ! Keep silence !!!

QUESTION ❔🖖✝️ Do not fear man but God so did Jesus spend his whole life out of contact with normal people NO emphatically NO,but they worship Jesus Christ do they not and are supposed to imitate him ,odd that,there is a big diff between God organizing and man's often anally retentive neurotic even pyschotic will to stifle. When will all this cultish nonsense ever end ?😂

@GrGal

9 ай бұрын

I myself have to be sincere that i’m not sure about the fruits of being a monk [any monk, not just Carthusians], especially since i’m not a Catholic [neither Orthodox], but I walked some steps in my personal path of faith, and I used to have this same question you posted. I have been broken to pieces again and again along this time and it keeps rolling…. been broken like never before, just to reveal more of the light I could never imagine even in my wildest dreams. Such a beautiful light… Nothing of this world comes even remotely close to it, yet the physical world itself becomes a vessel in its hands and partakes in this great light. It shines in and from everything. You are naked infront of it, everything is naked before you, and all there is is love. You don’t “just” love, you become love. When you begin to depart, back to the misery of this world including yourself as part of it, you have a hope rooted in you which is not yours. It not your dreams or desires. It is not about you. It’s eternal and everlasting, and it has been implanted in you and nothing, except for the source itself which implanted it in you, can take it away. Not even your most vicious and diabolic moments. Can you imagine how dull and shallow everything else is compared to this? How ugly everything is compared to this beauty, how dark and destructive everything is compared to this divine light? We should indeed imitate Jesus Christ, amen, but we are not Him. All we can do is listen and follow according to His calling, from our place as fallen miserable creatures, to each to his own under Him, as part of the whole body of Christ, it is not us who control the existence and it is not about our name to be in every correct spot, we are far from perfect and can’t be, but it is upon us to follow His personal calling for us.

@richardprice9730

9 ай бұрын

@@GrGal Have since changed my mind I do endorse and believe St Brunos approach founder if Carthusians IS essentially correct it is as Nisagadatta says the ego mush merge with God this what they are about no me ,just God that Christ like balance ,inner equipoise ,peace and love apologies Carthusians

@richardprice9730

9 ай бұрын

@@GrGal Also sounds good I resonate with alot your saying

@GrGal

9 ай бұрын

@@richardprice9730 😊👍🏻🙏🏻