Prayer
and Community are the two mainstays of our life as Poor Clares.
They are like two pillars upon which everything else rests; without one or the
other, the whole structure would fall.
Therefore, to speak of prayer it is necessary to understand that our
life of prayer is possible because we live in community with others who
challenge and support us.
Together we are able to live a life of prayer.
To see our daily
schedule, click here.
How do we pray?
The Eucharistic Liturgy and its extension,
the Liturgy of the Hours are basic prayers that form our daily
schedule. Feeding this structure are the periods set aside for
contemplative
prayer and spiritual reading, i.e., the reading of
Sacred Scripture and other devotional books, and study.
Still, this isn’t the whole picture.
What we do all day, whether
it is work to help support ourselves, the upkeep of the house
and common life,
walking for exercise, leisure activities, or
the times of prayer, it is all
prayer. Each action of our lives,
when it is done for the glory of God, is part of our life of prayer.
