Each monk responds to a personal call of love from
the Father in Jesus Christ through the action of
the Holy Spirit.
He embodies his own joyful response of love in vowed
commitment, seeking to explore the mystery of God
within the Church in our community life.
This life is based on the Gospel as interpreted by
the Rule of St Benedict and our monastic tradition,
and is shared with others who look to us for inspiration
and guidance.
Through praying, living and working together in evangelical
friendship, we seek to receive everyone as Christ,
so that we may grow to our full stature in him, who
makes us witnesses through the Holy Spirit in the
Church to the world, and leads us together to everlasting
life.
On the following pages we try to give an insight
into what it is like to be a monk at Downside. If
you want to ask a monk a question about monastic
life, please click here.
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