By making a vow of stability the monk renounces the vain hope of wandering off to find a “perfect monastery.” This implies a deep act of faith: the recognition that it does not much matter where we are or whom we live with, provided we can devote ourselves to prayer, enjoy a certain amount of silence, poverty, and solitude, work with our hands, read and study the things of God, and above all love one another as Christ has loved us.
Comitmet
