Chapter 17: The Monastic Life
“It is no small matter to live in a monastery…”
Blessed is the pilgrim
With monk’s habit and tonsured head
Blessed is the fool who seeks
To suffer and not to spend
To be tried and to be gold
Blessed are the exiled
For no one can remain here
And there is no peace apart from striving
To be the least of all
(Thomas A Kempis)
DANIEL DeFOREST LONDON 