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Monks pray both publicly and privately.
Three times a day the monks come to Saint John's abbey church for the public celebration of Morning, Noon, and Evening Prayer. At the heart of these daily prayers are the psalms, those 150 ancient but ever new pearls of prayer that express the agony, the ecstasy and the ordinary of our relationship with our God. A monk will help you join the other guests at noon and evening prayer in the abbey church. Some parts of the service are sung, but most parts are recited in English at a deliberate pace in common. Table Fellowship Central to monastic prayer is the celebration of the Eucharist.