Sister Christine Vladimiroff, a Benedictine nun, as quoted in The Monastic Way, wrote, “Monastic spirituality teaches us that we are on a journey. The journey is inward to seek God in prayer and silence. Taken alone, we can romanticize this aspect of our life. … But to be monastic there is a parallel journey—the journey outward. We live in community to grow in sensitivity to the needs of others. … The monastery is then a center to come out of and to invite others into. The key is always to maintain both journeys—inward and outward.”
