Prayer (lat. "Ora")

The Divine Office is the central part of the life of the monastery and the church. Nothing may be put before it because it is the participation in the heavenly liturgy, in which angels and the saints incessantly worship the Lamb of God and Him who sits on the throne. The service gives its most elevated expression and sustenance to our complete devotion, and creative strength to the monastic community. Therefore, everything in the monastery has to be focused on the meeting and unification with God. In the course of this, active participation in the celebration of the sacraments and the canonical prayers has a prominent position (from the Constitutions of the Cistercian Order).