Simplicity: July 30
All those who are destined to teach others should constantly endeavor to divest themselves of self and put on Jesus Christ. For in general, things produce effects in proportion to their nature, and hence, if the person imparting the spirit and way of living to others is animated only by a human spirit, will they not be imbued with the same spirit and learn from him the appearance of virtue rather than the substance?
This Saint's principal effort was precisely to divest himself of the human spirit and replace it with that of Christ, seeking to be like Him not only in his exterior conduct but also in all his interior dispositions, his desires and intentions. He desired and exacted only what Jesus had desired and exacted, that is, that God be known, loved and glorified by everyone, and that His most holy will be fully and perfectly fulfilled.
