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_005196753	United States Catholic Conference.	Instruction on the contemplative life : and on the enclosure of nuns	1969		.txt	text/plain	8982	393	65	It is therefore both legitimate and necessary that some of Christ’s followers, those upon whom this particular grace has been conferred by the Holy Spirit, should give expression to this contemplative character of the Church by actually withdrawing into solitude to lead this particular type of life, in order that “through constant prayer and ready penance they give themselves to God alone” (Perfectae Caritatis, 7).^^ On the other hand, it should be quite evident that a certain degree of withdrawal from the world and some measure of contemplation must necessarily be present in every form of Christian life, as the Second Vatican Council rightly declared in reference to priests and religious dedicated to the apostolate.^^ The way of life of those who are, totally dedicated to contemplation, aiming as it does at eliminating all that might divide the spirit against itself in any way, enables them to achieve that fulness of their personalities whose hallmark is unity, and permits them to devote themselves more thoroughly to the quest for God their goal,^® and to attend to Him more perfectly.	cache/_005196753.txt	txt/_005196753.txt