Monastic Vows – Christine Valters Paintner

“In the Benedictine tradition, monks would take three vows: stability, conversion, and obedience. Stability on one level is a commitment to staying with the same community and monastery for their entire lives. But on another level it is about not running away from things.”

— Christine Valters Paintner, PhD,The Wisdom of the Body: A Contemplative Journey to Wholeness for Women

Can you respond to the call of the monk to stay in the “cell”—one’s own experience—and remain there, fully present?