“The purpose of monastic renewal and reform is to find ways in which monks and sisters can remain true to their vocation by deepening and developing it in new ways, not merely sacrificing their lives to bolster up antique structures, but channeling their efforts into the creation of new forms of monastic life, new areas of contemplative experience.”
Thomas Merton from Contemplative Prayer
Now thats good... and interesting that it also seems to be happening the other way round, that people with no seeming connection with the monastic structures of old are discovering new forms of contemplative spirituality and in trying to live them out are finding new ways of being 'monastic' community.
Posted by: Mark | January 19, 2007 at 11:18 AM