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 It is the duty of every one who feels himself called to the state of perfection , to prove himself and to choose the Order he finds most suitable for himself. Here St.Paul's word also applies: Now there are diversities of ministries, but the same Lord; and there are diversities of operations, but the same God, who worketh all in all. And the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man unto profit... But all these things one and the same Spirit worketh, dividing to every one according as he will ( 1 Cor. 12, 4-11)

He, who promptly follows the lead of the Holy Spirit in choosing the religious state, acts very wisely and will accomplish much for the glory of God and the salvation of souls.

Certainly prayer and the interior life should be most intensively cultivated in the orders of the mixed life, and provision made that all , before they are permitted to undertake the active life, be sufficiently imbued with the love and practice of prayer and the interior life,lest among the dangers and distractions of the active life, their spiritual life may ere long collapse . Unless such caution is taken, the foundations collapse , and those apostolic laborers will seek not God or souls but themselves , although they may not be aware of this defect or wish to confess it.