We beseech them in the Lord Jesus Christ that,
working in silence, they eat their own bread.
This way is holy and good walk in it.

-Rule of Saint Albert, chapter 20

The monastic day begins at midnight. 

The nuns rise to break their sleep in praise of God and intercession for the world, while the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass each morning is the heartbeat of their entire contemplative life. From the Mass flows the Liturgy of the Hours, which the nuns chant in common seven times throughout the day.

Imitating Mary who "kept all these things, pondering them in her heart," (Luke 2:19) the nuns ponder the Word of God received in the Liturgy and in lectio, in silent work and solitary prayer.