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IS IT POSSIBLE TO LIVE LIKE A MONK IN THE WORLD?
A monk is one who seeks God alone in a radical way. The monastic life has always been associated with cloistered life, silence, solitude and austerity.
But are these things essential to be a Monk? For us, the model for monastic life is Jesus. Jesus alone lived, even in His human nature, with the same complete devotion to God the Father that He, being the Eternal Son of God, lives with for all eternity. However, this relationship with the Father did not draw Jesus away from a relationship with human beings whom He Himself called "brothers", and whose lives He chose to share.
If, therefore, we wish to live the monastic spirit, we must be united to Christ. In the Community of the Sons and Daughters of God, this union with Christ can be lived in the state of life in which God has placed us: as laypeople, either married or single, who live in their own homes and who come from all walks of life, or as diocesan Priests. The men and women religious of this Community, live in distinct monasteries under a specific monastic rule.
The distinguishing characteristic of a monk's life is continual prayer. This implies a constant search for God, renouncing one's self in order to welcome God into one's heart.
Our heart is the 'interior cell' in which we meet the Lord and abide with Him in an intimate relationship. Thus we speak of 'interiorized monasticism', inspired by Eastern Christianity, especially the Russian Orthodox tradition.