The oblation is a free gift to God through the monastery. The oblates are responsible for their own Christian and spiritual life. Benedictine Oblate life is primarily a spiritual life. The Rule of St. Benedict provides the guide for oblate life. The oblate truly seeks God in every aspect of everyday life.
Oblate life is centered on a reverance for prayer.
Oblates practice prayer both publically with the Liturgy of the Hours and privately. Oblates also have a love for holy reading, or lectio divina . Part of oblate life is the desire to be obedient to the Will of God. Oblates fulfill this desire with humility, by patiently bearing the everyday trials of life, by appreciating silence, by keeping one's speech under control, and by viewing all work as holy. Oblate life is formed in and around Benedictine community.