zondag 23 januari 2022

"We do not engage in works outside our monastery"


"We do not engage in works outside our monastery,

For we have chosen to live 
in silence and concentration 
At the hidden springs, the deepest level 

Where the struggle is enacted 
between the powers of good and evil. 
Where our union with Christ 
bears fruit for all mankind … 

We have chosen a stillness more powerful than all activity. 
A detachment more fulfilling than all possession, 
A wisdom exceeding all knowledge 
And a love beyond all".

Rumer Godden Preface "In this House of Brede"