Stability is not only a gift to us as individuals. It is a gift to others.—Benedict’s monks and nuns take vows of obedience, stability and conversion of life. Obedience helps to break a person’s selfish will and makes us open to respond with alacrity to the will of God. Stability is the second of three vows, which operate in a together like the three strands of a braided rope.  More from the National Catholic Register>>>