“I personally never try to persuade a person to become a monk, in fact, to the contrary, I usually advise putting off the decision and testing oneself…This is too important a step, just like marriage, in fact. Today, unfortunately, everything is different. Both monasticism and marriage are seen as something temporary: you try it, didn’t like it, you move on. I reject this attitude and insist that every candidate do some serious soul-searching.”
(Archbishop Mark Arndt, 21st Century Hierarch in Germany) [Monasticism; Will of God; Vocation]
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