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The Abbaye de St Michel du Mont welcomes modern pilgrims who come in the spirit of prayer. Contact the Prior. There are three monks and one nun there living the Benedictine Rule. Their guests share their meals, their Offices, their Mass, and contribute towards the cost of the meals. There is a fine library in the monastery, with cells in it where one sleeps. It is ideal for those who can bear many stone steps and who like silence. They are especially looking for vocations. It is closed in November. It is a glorious, utterly Romanesque, place. On Birgitta's Vision. This occurred at St Paul outside the Wall Basilica in Rome, 1368, according to Mersennius, `effigies Crucifixi in basilica extra Romam Paulina ad Sanctam Birgittam precibus ardentissime ibi vacantem conuertitur et alloquitur, velut ipsum testaur monimentum hodie et tabula illi appensa'. Birgitta is influenced both by the Cistercians and by the Franciscans, the form of her Lateran vision being similar to Francis' with the stigmata, and influenced by pilgrim guide material Franciscans use in the Holy Places's Via Dolorosa. Some of the phrases here are also found in Julian's Showings and the XV Os. Bridget Morris can tell you much more. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%