We have
given ourselves to God to follow Him, even having taken
vows for
this, because, by the vow of chastity we’ve promised God
to
renounce the pleasures of body and mind; by the vow of poverty,
the
goods and conveniences of this life and the gold, silver, and
riches
of this earth; and by that of obedience, honors, high positions, and
worldly praises. These three vows, namely, chastity,
poverty, and
obedience, aim at destroying, and are opposed to, the
three vices
that reign in the world. (8 June 1658; SV XII, 17)
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