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Monastic Lenten Practices: How Benedictine monks observe Lent
It is a long-standing tradition in the Church for Christians to commit to extra prayer, fasting, and charity during Lent. The Rule of Saint Benedict offers this guidance for the monastic observance of Lent: Bona Opera “Although the life of a monk ought always to have a Lenten character, yet because few have the degree…