Looking back, I regret didn't have this call in my teens. I'm 60 now and the ship has long sailed. Fathers please tell me how can I find this "balance" in the earthly life? Please pray for me Fathers.

this clip makes me to focus more on words I choose daily. to talk less and more wise. to never try to hurt anyone with my words. to be kind. very nice.

@Mark-yb1sp

3 жыл бұрын

BLESSED Being I am with you.

I watched this years ago. With a World Pandemic, and many forced to live like Carthusian Monks, it would seem the joke or curse is on the World, not the peaceful monks. Wise ancient life, a lesson for those who can reflect.

There is such peace in the way each of these men talk. so powerful, so peaceful. so great. yes, I can see Jesus in them.

@dominicmadzimure7205

3 жыл бұрын

Truly a work of grace reaching the interior life.

Years ago before I went into the seminary I had an opportunity to talk with Merton’s spiritual director “Timmy”. Then and now it wasn’t what he said that struck me it was the sound of his voice. There was so much love in that little man. The experience of being in that monastery with these holy men is perhaps the most meaningful and powerful of my life.

How many of us as we are going through this pandemic, has our personal life, our spiritual life grown? We complain about restrictions, yet these Monks, embrace it, we have so much to learn from them. God bless you.

@patc1309

3 жыл бұрын

Your darn right we should complain about these tyrannical restrictions deciding who is essential and who isn't. It's disgusting and not constitutional to lock people down and people to be starving and losing jobs over this SCAMDEMIC/PLANDEMIC. These monks chose this life.

So so beautiful, I'm just back from spiritual retreat in Glencairn Abbey, Ireland and discerning a vocation with the cistercian sisters there and just can't wait to revisit, God is calling me to this life, and yes St. Augustine was so right that we are restless unless our souls are at one with God. God bless you all

@credimus6176

4 жыл бұрын

Praying for you, I'm also called and I'll be visiting a trappist monastery for a vocational retreat asap.

@tonygarrett7214

4 жыл бұрын

How do you know God is calling you? Did you hear his voice? Isn’t it extraordinary that he should communicate with you? Please tell us all how and why you have had this contact with the supernatural.

@credimus6176

4 жыл бұрын

@@tonygarrett7214 Though prayer and devotion, slowly your discernment gets clearer and clearer as you ask for His Grace. Im also praying the Novena for Saint Benedict, and it's helping me tremendously to see what's God's will for me, my will of course, like any other man, is to raise a family, but His will may not be. Of course i'm not 100% sure yet, that's why i'll be visiting an abbey for a retreat and have direct contact with religious life, there i'll do a vocational journey of experience and also prayer for discernment, all while having the help of a vocational director. Also have in mind that it's not something that easy to explain, it's a calling to your soul, something that you just know it was always there, somehow... Very hard to describe tbh. God bless you brother

@credimus6176

4 жыл бұрын

@@tonygarrett7214 The fact is that you cannot find out yourself, and if a person is a "see to believe" kind, it will probably be very hard to discern. It's only possible through His Grace, because He has His own ways and time to make His will come true. If you wait for an angel to come from Heaven and tell you what God wants from you, it will never happen because you're trying to test God, and not sincerely willing to know His Truth. For someone who wants to discern vocation, it'll happen when he honestly ask God to show him, with an open heart to commit to his Will as soon as God shows, not "testing" Him like the pharisee or Herod Antipas.

@UncaDave

3 жыл бұрын

Well said my friend, well said. What appears is not an angel but what you discover in your heart. Discernment is a journey which may lead you to this life or lead you to another. Grace will bring you there and wherever it goes is good as you are earnestly looking where you best belong for goodness in your life. A silent prayer wishes you the best.

Thank you! Beautiful portrayal of monastic life today.

Hvala na prezentaciji.

thank you my spirit is lift-up for am now revive and fully aware of what God stores for me...pls continue pray for my family and my community, here , my dear land Philippines

Always come back to this...Thanks for reminding me George

Thank you for sharing ❤️ it's really helped me to grow in my faith ❤️

Amazing! Love this documentary on the monastic life and history.What I can learn and integrate in my life...a balance of work.prayer and community life .AMAzing love of God that can transform lives like the monks show .Thank you .I enjoyed it immensely!

Peace. Joy. Love. Thank you for sharing🙏

Very interesting and thought provoking

Enjoy this presentation very much. God bless you!

@vivienneerokwu2186

4 жыл бұрын

I have always liked to visit the monastery because the environment is always serene and peaceful, natural not poluted and enables me to have deeper reflection.

This pandemic will change how we all live. Will it bring about a renewal in each of our lives ? Will we re-examine what is really important ? Interesting presentation. God Bless these Monks .

@patc1309

3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully it will wake people up to the GLOBALIST tyranny going on so we stand up and fight back against this GREAT RESET and NEW WORLD ORDER

George Bruno brought me here

@milktop1

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@healthyminimalist

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@amunre12

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

This was very well done.. The video shines a light into the life and history of a group of men that remain a mystery to many... Its all about sacrifice, prayer and community.. Of course with Jesus as its center their way of life have stood through the test of time... To God be the Glory!

Dang it. Very unfortunate that annoying sound in the background ... This was however a very nice intimate view. 🙏 ... Post edit: This video is worth remastering. You could actually for the most part decrease the intense annoyance of that sound in the background and re-release it. It is a treasure. It does deserve it ... And another: okay at least it goes away and some of the segments to some satisfactory degree. Okay okay never mind me lol

Great documentary and also a model community of monks.

That graphic at the beginning was hella cool

Seriously a very beautiful and a powerful work people are doing in the ways of the Lord. Truly I embrace them with love and peace. I would request a prayer for all in this world during this very dangerous and vigilant situation of the COVID. By God's will this must pass sooner leading people to their usual walks of life. God bless all.

This is really a Great life very peaceful. I never thought they were so close to me. Literally within one hour’s drive from my home. South Carolina.

My respect to all who decided to live their lives like this.

Congratulations to the author of the book and all her success. I salute her.

Indeed. "Do small things with great joy." God bless.

Nice video

I heard hip hip hurray, after a long time. Hip hip hurray. Feel great.

As a physicist my immediate reaction is to say what a waste of good and intelligent people's lives. But when you really step back and think about it, their's is a far more logically sound approach than my own, so it would be very wrong for me to criticise them, and I wish them well.

@UncaDave

3 жыл бұрын

Your comment although it may reflect some mindset shows your scientist training to step back, observe, reflect on this social and religious phenomenon you just encountered. Good for you. Often in the world we measure by production, worth, efficiency and gain, The world of a monk steps away from most of that as their focus is prayer and work to support themselves and each other. However the world has to creep into their egg production as you saw. Since this video was made they have ceased egg production (sadly) and converted to growing mushrooms. Also some of these gentlemen have passed away and certain roles have changed. This reflects life as it must but delving into the world of contemplation is a journey which will yield you some interesting developments. Try reading some of Thomas Merton or Kathleen Norris. Something else to remember is that some ancient monks were scientists of sorts for different fields and also were preservers of books of knowledge. This Monastary has a wonderful library. I wish you a happy journey.

Nice

Wow. Christ is alive and he is good.I.pray I go and have a week of rest and meditation to this monastery before I leave this world.

This is an excellently produced documentary. Personally I am surprised by the outside world's accessibility to the monks and the grounds. I would expect this degree from a Benedictine Abbey not so much from Trappist.

@UncaDave

3 жыл бұрын

They must still follow the Rule concerning hospitality. Some places are open and receptive but there are others that are not. These are places that can be uncomfortable.

What is the name of that chant in the beginning! It’s SO BEAUTIFUL!!

I love this lifestyle. Such pretty life. and being in peace and not to worry of any attachments to people or life.

@tonygarrett7214

4 жыл бұрын

BLESSED. Religious escapism par excellence....

@UncaDave

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonygarrett7214 Interesting comment Tony, and so it would appear to most of us busy with life and responsibilities. I have spent time in three monasteries including Thomas Merton’s at Gethsemani. There is much they never “escape” as you say. I would say they never “leave” certain aspects of life. They still struggle with relationships within their community. They struggle with having giving up having a family, a wife, the social activities that all brings and just being able to have the free behavior that we have on the outside world so to speak. However, often these are struggles that pass like the aches and pain of beginning long trail hikes. Sometimes they never leave them like a sore knee you always had but tolerate as you venture on. Their goal is to become closer to God through contemplation and work. Some stay their whole life, some a short or long time. I have known Monks who constantly bristled at the rules and others who did well with it. I worked with one who was actually a priest who left completely. We did not discuss his leaving but I saw the unhappiness of the struggle. It is not for everyone but be glad that it is for those who are happy there. They pray daily for you and me. Do a retreat some place and some reading if you will. The appreciation of monastic life will at least change you in a positive way. Also check out the film “Into Great Silence”. Your questions and observations are good. You are thinking critically. It’s a good step to understanding if there is sincerity which I believe you are.

The aesthetic of the Trappists is great, but I'm still a Franciscan at-heart. The one downside about this video is the motor-sounds of the VCR, otherwise, it's very informative.

How beautiful! Oh I wish I could be a nun.

@prsgrind8794

3 жыл бұрын

Heh!

From Mision Cruz Hermitage in Somerset ,TEXAS. Praise the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen

A wonderful committed life to the Lord; and of service to humanity.

the opening chant blew me away....any chance I can get a link with the full chant?

@FranklinPUroda

3 жыл бұрын

Check out "Solemnes" chants on KZread.

Praying for Mr Hagan (Aelred) 🙏

Can we get updated about monks today in that region?

@PaulistFathers1858

4 жыл бұрын

Here is their website: mepkinabbey.org

@GraceMBeck

3 жыл бұрын

@@PaulistFathers1858 thank you 💜

In 1997 there were about 30. In 2018, only half that number (official Trappist stats).

@cplunajr745

4 жыл бұрын

polemeros that’s not unusual

Rule of St Benedict Ch 42: 'Monks should be silent at all times but especially at night. This should always be the rule whether it is a feast day or not.'

Praise the lord Jesus Christ 🙏 and mother Mary 🙏

I live in the UK near Quarr Abbey, which I attend when I am able, as I am engaged within my adjacent parish. I had a calling to join them but the sexual/family drive was greater and that led me to do God's work in a different way. I am sure that you will get more vocations soon and I will try to visit you myself. May God love you all

The sound on this video is messed up 😢

@FirstNameLastName-is6yb

3 жыл бұрын

Distracting, very odd.

@PaulistFathers1858

3 жыл бұрын

We apologize for that. This was the cleanest audio we were able to achieve from the VHS conversion.

monk flow

@richardolson4407

5 жыл бұрын

Wolfytv (

During most of this vid is an annoying background vibration noise...quite loud..fix possible?

@PaulistFathers1858

5 жыл бұрын

Dear Su, Thank you for watching our video, and thank you for your comment. This video is a transfer from a VHS tape and is the highest quality we were able to achieve within our limited budget. Sadly, the transfer from the original TV broadcast reels produced an an even lower quality video. But, regardless, we hope you have found the content interesting!

@InquisitorMatthewAshcraft

4 жыл бұрын

@@PaulistFathers1858 Fathers, with your consent and God's blessings, I am willing to attempt to remove the vibration noise in the background of this video. I have the skills and software.

@PaulistFathers1858

4 жыл бұрын

@@InquisitorMatthewAshcraft, Thank you! Yes, that would be great.

Monasticism was born in Egypt. Like many great things.

My Family moved from BERN SWITZERLAND starting in 1735 with a new ship arriving In the summer each year for three years. Henry (Heini ,Henri, Heinrich) (Salin / Sahli / Salley) Was my seventh Great GRANDFATHER They settled the colonial colony of what we know now as Orangeburg.

@lindaakguest4ever50

3 жыл бұрын

And, this is a relevant comment on this video, because.........?

To be honest at the point in humanity in which we realized that we could contemplate our spirituality should have been about the time we realized our ability to create Heaven on Earth. That is the moment mankind should have whole heartedly endeavored to realize the Utopia we had been given and the ability of man to make Heaven on Earth. Its obvious things have not gone that way. Though at any moment we could choose to do so. Eliminate money now!

Un desastre. Demasiado bonito.

Thingdom Come! Great!☠

Who is patron of your community? Which saint established this religious order or who formed this religious order like other congregations

Don Williams

Nasty guitars

Guys, what is this movie about, and can I watch it with my mom?

@Alb-yo6ux

3 жыл бұрын

It’s not a movie.Its the real life of the Trappist Monks.Roman Catholic order.Its beautiful and a life that we all should strive to follow. Watch it with your mom it’s beautiful, God bless you✝️✝️🙏🏻🙏🏻

@wolfempire7205

3 жыл бұрын

@@Alb-yo6ux ok❤

Where are you based I pray for you whats your names

they are like the teachers in star wars

@prsgrind8794

3 жыл бұрын

No, Jedi´s are Franciscans

@shumlouis8371

3 жыл бұрын

@@prsgrind8794 I know this is a joke

Praise the lord Jesus Christ 🙏 and mother Mary being with Vatican under pope to serve the people.

So Trappists are no more obliged to keep total silence?

@googleaccount4471

4 жыл бұрын

They do not take vow's of silence but only speak when they need to and use sign language for normal conversation.

Monks went against the grain of the workd in every age

C'mon guys. The whole ratio of the Catholic contemplative life is falling in love with Jesus, just as it is for the rest of us Catholics who are not considered contemplatives.

@tonygarrett7214

4 жыл бұрын

Are there different categories of Catholics: Such as “special” and “ordinary”?

@FranklinPUroda

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonygarrett7214. Nope. Out here in the "world," most Catholics are surrounded by non-Catholics, loads of responsibilities and distractions. Trappists-cloistered-don't have to contend with non-believers and what most Catholics consider the ordinary routine of contemporary life. That may sound negative. It isn't. Trappist life is "close" and the demand for virtue is of a different intensity than I have to contend with.

that odd sound in the background is really annoying

@PaulistFathers1858

3 жыл бұрын

We apologize for that. This was the cleanest audio we were able to achieve in the conversion from the VHS format.

@jeffrtube

3 жыл бұрын

@@PaulistFathers1858 yes the content is good, worth suffering the noise a bit

why is there this strange sound in the back?

@PaulistFathers1858

5 жыл бұрын

Dear H.G., Thank you for watching our video, and thank you for your question. That sound is a result of the transfer from a VHS tape. We apologize for the distraction. But, regardless, we hope you have found the content interesting!

@HG-hm4gf

5 жыл бұрын

@@PaulistFathers1858 Dear Father, Interesting it was indeed. There was a time when i intended to become a monk. However, God may bless you all. HG

@Behaviordoc2

5 жыл бұрын

Ironic, isn't it as they talk about silence, hearing the earth and water, and all through it, all this racket in the background.

@tendthegardennow

4 жыл бұрын

@@Behaviordoc2 i think you arr over exaggerating, a bit much

@praytherosaryeveryday2709

4 жыл бұрын

@@Behaviordoc2 offer it up

are the chickens free range?

Why are they not saying the Traditional Latin Mass???

@PaulistFathers1858

3 жыл бұрын

Because this was filmed in 1997.

Paix à leur âmes les moines d,Algérie tué par des musulmans Justice soit faite..

@MmM-do6rg

3 жыл бұрын

Choquant. Quand cela a passé

There are monks then there is the church, i prefer the monks.

They sing in English. Are they Anglicans?

I have heard everything. They talk a lot as if they were the center of monastic life. It is not so. They are transmitting the false formation of the cult of personality. Unfortunately.

Scrambling eggs as the narrator describes their "strict vegetarian diet"? 2:28 Eggs aren't a vegetable...

@allanlindsay8369

4 жыл бұрын

D76stright hello, neither is say cottage cheese, nuts or fruit, yet lots of vegetarians eat those, you're probably confusing yourself in regard to lacto-ovo-vegetarians. AND as if that matters one iota anyway, this is about God and some men's incredible response to his call to a life dedicated to Love, prayer and sacrifice gaining spiritual strength and insight along the route to eternity. AVE MARIA ! Shalom.

@D76straight

4 жыл бұрын

@@allanlindsay8369 I didn't know that. Not a judgement, by the way. I like eggs as much as anyone. It just struck me that they're not technically a vegetable.

@etrnlygr8tful

3 жыл бұрын

D76straight vegetarians do eat dairy and eggs, but not the animals that produces them. Vegans don't eat both .

@D76straight

3 жыл бұрын

@@etrnlygr8tful Wow, I never thought about this. I thought vegetarians don't eat meat and vegans don't eat anything that isn't a plant. I guess I never thought about eggs. It makes sense now. Thank you

@etrnlygr8tful

3 жыл бұрын

D76straight You're welcome 🙃 in the past I am also get confused between the two too before. BUT if you ask me about gender....it used to be pretty straight forward it is either you are male or female, boy or girl, fast forward to today, I think it is one that I will never understand nor would pretend to understand and try to explain all the differences between all of them.