(E7) MONK WITH A CART
Artist – Chuck Marshall
Oil on Canvas
Artist – Chuck Marshall
Oil on Canvas
(E7) MONK WITH A CART
Artist – Chuck Marshall
Oil on Canvas
The monastic lifestyle is one of withdrawal and seclusion from the world for the purpose of devotion to prayer, spiritual study and work. The word “monk” has its origins in the Greek “monos” which means alone. The earliest monks lived alone as hermits in the wilderness. As more people were drawn to this ascetic life, communities were formed and monasteries built.
This painting reflects the monk’s singular focus on God in his daily practice of work and prayer. The practice or “ora et labora” is from the Rule of St. Benedict, founder of the order of Benedictines, and means pray and work. St. Benedict viewed prayer and work as partners, and combined contemplation with action.
Artist – Chuck Marshall
Oil on Canvas
The monastic lifestyle is one of withdrawal and seclusion from the world for the purpose of devotion to prayer, spiritual study and work. The word “monk” has its origins in the Greek “monos” which means alone. The earliest monks lived alone as hermits in the wilderness. As more people were drawn to this ascetic life, communities were formed and monasteries built.
This painting reflects the monk’s singular focus on God in his daily practice of work and prayer. The practice or “ora et labora” is from the Rule of St. Benedict, founder of the order of Benedictines, and means pray and work. St. Benedict viewed prayer and work as partners, and combined contemplation with action.
Further information on Catholic Monks:
Monks inhabit the lowest rung of the hierarchy in the Catholic Church. Religious brothers aren’t members of the clergy, but they aren’t members of the lay faithful, either. They’re called consecrated religious, which means that they’ve taken sacred vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
In each of the hundreds of different religious orders, communities, and congregations the spirituality of the group is based on the founder of its congregation. Some communities specialize in teaching and others in hospital work. Some engage in several active missions, and a few devote themselves to a cloistered life of contemplative prayer.
Consecrated religious live in community with other members of their order. They share all meals together and try to work together, pray together, and recreate together. Because they take a vow of poverty, they don’t own their own car, and they have no personal savings or checking accounts. The religious order they belong to provides all this, and they must ask their superiors when they need or want something.
