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Although his monk's life at all times should be a Lenten observance, however, since that few people have that virtue, we recommend that during the days of Lent together lead a full life in all purity, and that in these holy days erased negligence the rest of the year.


John Cassian (365-435) was a monk and priest, a native of Romania today, who visited the flourishing Christian monastic life of Egypt at the beginning of the fifth century From there, he went to Gaul, founded in Marseilles the Monastery of St. Victor. In his two works, Snacks and institutions, stated the monastic tradition that had been in Egypt, remains critical for the development of monasticism in Europe.

Juan Casiano believes that Lent is something that applies only to the laity, considering that it belongs to the monks to live in perpetual spiritual tension. However, St. Benedict hundred years later, aware that the monks are also weak and sinful, establishing Lent as a time of special spiritual effort, during which monks must try to live more intensely Christian and monastic dedication. San Benito

not specify exhaustively how to live Lent, suggests more prayer, less leisure, and more focus on the great mystery of Easter, which is about to arrive.

In the picture that was taken at the famous Monastery of San Pedro de los Montes, we see St. Benedict prayed before the Lord crucified. Which, by their intercession, the Lenten journey lead us on the Cross to Light of Easter. Very holy Lent