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Step 2 - CandidateOblate ProgramDuring this time you learn more about Benedictine spirituality through formal study, regular sharing, and participation in the liturgy and work of the monastery. You and your Sponsor communicate regularly as you discern your oblation. Candidacy is an extended period (1 to 3 years) in which to grow in knowledge, understanding and experience of the Benedictine way of life. By more formal study, by regular sharing of the inner journey, and by participating in liturgy and common work with the cenobitic monastic community and the Oblate community as appropriate the candidate develops a sense of belonging with the cenobitic and oblate communities.
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"Let us get up then, at long last, for the Scriptures
rouse us when they say: "It is high time for us to arise from sleep"
(Rom 13:11). Let us open our eyes to the light that comes from God and
our ears to the voice from heaven that every day calls out this charge:
"If you hear God's voice today, do not harden your hearts" (Ps 94
[95]:8). And again: "You that have ears to hear, listen to what the
Spirit says to the churches" (Rev 2:7). And what does the Spirit say?
"Come and listen to me, sons and daughters; I will teach you the fear of
the Lord" (Ps 33[34]:12). "Run while you have the light of life, that
the darkness of death may not overtake you" (John 12:35). (RB, Prologue,
8-13) Additional Resources More Info About the Oblate Program
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