Monastery

"The monk is a man like all others but that a call of God had torn away from normal life to turn him to the Christ Jesus. Following this supernatural call, he accepts to renounce everything to consecrate himself completely to the Lord Jesus: 'If you want..., go, sell all you possess, then come and follow me.' (Matt. 19, 21)

"This calling is a great mystery, first of all for the monk himself."

from the website of the Cistercian Monastery of Nový Dvùr - a new monastery in the Czech Republic.

(Hat tip: Sed Contra)