The depths of God call out to our depths. The Mystery calls out to the mystery of each person. The Presence first seeks us. Love first loves us . This love is an absolutely free gift.
Love only asks for love in response.
Monks are not unlike other people whose hungering hearts are in search of that Mystery who alone draws them beyond a life that is merely useful, to one that is full of meaning. Neither are monks unlike other Christians who have known the Gospel glance of love which Jesus gave to the man seeking the way to eternal life. Monks are those for whom this desire expresses itself in the language of constant prayer. The monk is the one who has heard the inner call of Christ. The voice of Christ rouses the person from an unexamined malaise to the possibility of a deeper awareness of human destiny.