Forming part of the great variety of nuns and monks of different traditions and Orders,
we are called to live a contemplative life as Pope Francis says: “- in profound communion
with every other vocation of the Christian life – all of which are like so many rays of the one light
of Christ, whose radiance brightens the face of the Church. Contemplatives devote a great
part of their day to imitating the Mother of God, who diligently pondered the words and deeds
of her Son, Jesus, and Mary of Bethany, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened attentively to
His words. The lives of contemplatives, ‘hidden with Christ in God’, become an image of the
unconditional love of the Lord – Himself the first contemplative.”