Cor Unum Abbey

                  “One thing have I desired of the Lord . . . that will I seek after.” Psalm 27:4

                  Without doubt, the strength of the cloistered life is FOCUS. The monastic left life in the world in order to obtain a more saturated life in Christ and to have as much of Him as one life can hold.

                  Some nuns focus on worship and some upon contemplation and some upon oneness, but all are focused upon the Lord Jesus Christ and lives lived with Him and in Him.

                  Without doubt, the reason we are here together in Cor Unum is FOCUS. While we live in the world, we are not “of it” either, and we are determined that we, too, shall and have as much of God as one life can hold.

The fourth chapter of Deuteronomy, verse 29, tells us that if we seek the Lord with all our hearts, we will find him. In Cor Unum we have left ourselves no excuse. He knew that some of us would be married, that some would have children and that most would have to work for a living. So . . . we seek Him in and through our marriages, our parenting, and our labor among the sons of men. We know that can find Him there! He instituted all of those entities!

What is it worth to us to FIND GOD? We agree that we are already as “saved” as we’re going to be; what is it worth to us to “find Him” and never let Him go? Clearly, part of the worth of finding Him is this . . . by the time we do, we will have become whole-hearted in the search! That is a superpassing-good thing in itself, and it is our destiny.

The Novice, by Elmore

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