Our world has lost these things
So men are restless, dissatisfied, tense. 
Drowning in fevered activity
Seeking the wrong things
And seeking the right things
but in the wrong places

Our World has lost God.
That is why we have withdrawn from the world
Not because we do not care about its fate,
cannot face its problems
But in order to find God.

And having found him
to irradiate the very heart of the world
With his peace bringing, life giving presence.

We do not engage in works outside our monastery
For we have chosen to live in silence and concentration
At the hidden springs, the deepest level,
Where the struggle is enacted between the powers of good and evil
Where our union with Christ bear fruits for all mankind.

We have chosen a stillness more powerful than all activity
A detachment fore fulfilling than all possession
A wisdom exceeding all knowledge
And a love beyond ALL PRICE.

Each day we lift the world up to God in public prayer and praise
through the liturgy of the monastic choir.
Each day we search for Him in our private prayer and reading.
Each day we work according to our gifts for the support of the community.

Such is the life of a contemplative, a community life;
yet lived alone with God.

Is such a life possible ?

Thousands of Contemplatives ALL over the world
Thinks that it is !