Burnham Abbey

The Society of the Precious Blood

an Anglican Contemplative Community

Prayer is the work to which the Sisters are especially called and for which other work and  careers have been given up. Prayer is essentially an inner journey with the Holy Spirit as guide, a journey which requires a degree of solitude and silence, and so involves a real need to come apart. The whole of life should become prayer, but there remains a need for set times of prayer, both individual and communal, which include the daily Eucharist and the Divine Office. At the Watch of Intercession before the altar each Sister takes her turn daily to intercede for the needs of the whole world, and for those for whom our prayers have been asked, remembering that the life-giving Blood of Jesus was poured out for all people in his death, and that his redeeming love is always present with us.

Manual work in the house and garden is an important and necessary part of monastic life and prayer.