My children, the saints had died to themselves to such an extent that they did not care whether others were of the same opinion or not. It's common to say, "Oh! How simple the saints were!". Yes, they were simple about the things of the world, but, about the things of God, they understood each other, indeed! Of course, they understood nothing of the things of the world! But only because they appeared to their eyes of so little importance that they paid no attention to them.

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