“Suscipe me Domine, secundum eloquium tuum, et vivam et non confundas me in expectatione mea”

Receive me Lord, according to your word and I shall live, and do not disappoint me in the promise you have given me. (Psalm 118:116)

These are the words the monk sings three times the day he takes his vows for life. They are also the words sung by his brethren for him as his coffin is lowered into the grave - recalling a life given, a promise made.

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