“The contemplative nun fulfills to the highest degree the First Commandment of the Lord: ‘You will love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, with all your mind.’ (Lk 10:27), making it the full meaning of her life and loving in God all the brothers and sisters.”

— Verbi Sponsa

“The gifts of the Spirit are diverse. The liberating gift of enclosure leads those who receive it over that threshold which opens upon a life of profound union with God. Thus enclosed nuns are called to give clear witness that man belongs entirely to God, and so keep green among the human family the desire for a heavenly home.”

—Constitutions

"Behold Him, consider Him, contemplate Him, as you desire to imitate Him.... I consider you a co-worker of God Himself and a support to the frail and failing members of His ineffable Body.”

—St. Clare