How to Make Your Home More Monastic

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Inspired by a novel she is reading, Aleteia's Caroline Fischer gives you five ideas to transform your home into a quieter, more contemplative, and prayerful place.

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00:00How to make your home more monastic. I've been reading this really famous

00:06Catholic novel called In This House a Breed and it's just really making me

00:10wish I had some convent monastery vibes in my life. I've started playing Gregorian

00:14chant in my house throughout the day, especially songs sung during the Mass

00:18and at Benediction and also the Salve Regina. And this is kind of two for one

00:22because it's helping my son get used to hearing those songs sung in Latin. A lot

00:26of times I'll play those songs during quiet time in our house or when I'm

00:30doing cleanup or chores. Lighting more candles near sacred images. And bonus

00:34points if it's one of those Catholic candles that smells like chrism. And I

00:37love structuring your day around certain times of prayer. So at 3 p.m. I have an

00:42alarm clock that sounds like a bell go off and I know that it's time for me and

00:46my son to pray the Angelus. Eating at least one meal in silence. And that's not

00:50necessarily doable if you have small children but it's nice to just attempt

00:55not be distracted with things like TV or phone or books or other things that are

00:59making noise. And this last one is more or less just a really fun thing. Having a

01:03monastery bell in your kitchen that you ring for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

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