The Monks Midnight Prayer

The monk's midnight prayer, known as Vigils, is a profound act of rising in the cloister's silence to engage in communal and personal prayer through psalms, readings, and watchfulness. Rooted in ancient traditions like those of the desert fathers and St. Benedict's Rule, this practice combines deep solitude with spiritual warfare, where the monk battles distractions, temptations, and inner darkness while standing vigilant for God and the world, transforming the night's quiet into a powerful space of divine encounter and soul-strengthening discipline.