One thing I ask, this do I seek: to dwell in the house
of the Lord all the days of my life. (Ps 26:4)

According to the traditional Benedictine vows, each sister is bound to stability: perseverance in striving for the heavenly goal in her particular house of the community. St. Benedict chose the "most natural framework, in the family" (Dom Delatte) as an ideal atmosphere. The pursuit of eternity is done within this context, within the particular monastic family, each sister being bound to it in love. Even if obedience may send a sister beyond the geographical bounds of the monastery, she promises faithfully to observe the law of God in the monastic institute by the life of our vows until death.