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Entrance court to La Grande Chartreuse

Entrance court to La Grande Chartreuse.jpg Chapel of St. BrunoThumbnailsThe Lords and Barons prove their Nobility by hanging their Banners and exposing their Coats-of-arms at the Windows of the Lodge of the HeraldsChapel of St. BrunoThumbnailsThe Lords and Barons prove their Nobility by hanging their Banners and exposing their Coats-of-arms at the Windows of the Lodge of the HeraldsChapel of St. BrunoThumbnailsThe Lords and Barons prove their Nobility by hanging their Banners and exposing their Coats-of-arms at the Windows of the Lodge of the HeraldsChapel of St. BrunoThumbnailsThe Lords and Barons prove their Nobility by hanging their Banners and exposing their Coats-of-arms at the Windows of the Lodge of the HeraldsChapel of St. BrunoThumbnailsThe Lords and Barons prove their Nobility by hanging their Banners and exposing their Coats-of-arms at the Windows of the Lodge of the Heralds
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"La vie d'un bon Chartreux doit être
Une oraison presque continuelle."

[The life of a good Chartreux must be an almost continuous oration.]

The above is the legend that is painted on the door of every cell occupied by a monk of the silent Order of Carthusians. To pray always for those who never pray; to pray for those who have done you wrong; to pray for those who sin every hour of their lives; to pray for all sorts and conditions of men, no matter what their colour, no matter what their creed; to pray that God will remove doubt and scepticism from the world, and open all human eyes to the way of faith and salvation. Such is the chief duty of the Chartreux.




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The Strand Magazine, Volume 1, Jan-June 1891
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