WORK, REST AND THE CHALLENGE OF LIVING AT HUMAN SCALE

To enter a monastery is to enter a world governed by bells. Bells call us to prayer, welcome guests to meals, initiate worship, and send us forth from times of fellowship. … Living life at human scale is an invitation that monasteries aim to offer, and that is so sadly lacking in much of our world. Even here, within the monastery enclosure, this is an invitation that takes work to accept.