DORMITION ABBEY - JERUSALEM ...some impressions...


 


1) Dying to the old self - saying YES forever to God and to the life
as a benedictine monk.

Surrendering and giving the official final vows.
Fr. Jonas and Fr. Basilius OSB, Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem. 

 


2) Let´s listen full devotion to the Word of God on the altar of our hearts.
Altar of the Dormition at easter time. 

 

3) Mary is there for us, we can pray to her. She will be taking our prayers to God. Mary in the Crypta of the Dormition. 

 


4) Contemplating on the significance of death. What means death? What means resurrection? Death of what? What is it worth to die for? In what ways do we have to die before our "resurrection" can occur?...

Monk sitting in the crypta of the dormition - here decorated as "the tomb of Jesus" on Holy Friday. 

 


5) Jesus gave up his life for us. Through his crucifixion we see how much he loves us (especially in tough times we see to what degree we can love... the more we love, the more we are able to sacrifice and surrender and compromise our own disires in favor of God and our neighbors). May we be able to love more and more like Jesus - becoming less selfish and egocentric and focusing more on the divine...