Includes the updated Rule of the Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic, the Particular Directory and the Rites of Reception and Profession, combined into one volume.
(replaces other published copies of the PD and the Rule)
All that is done by obedience is meritorious . . . It is obedience, which, by the light of Faith, puts self-will to death, and causes the obedient man to despise his own will and throw himself into the arms of his superior … Placed in the bark of obedience, he passes happily through the stormy sea of this life, in peace of soul and tranquility of heart. Obedience and faith disperse darkness; he is strong because he has no longer any weakness or fears, for self-will, which is the cause of inordinate fear and weakness, has been destroyed.
— Saint Catherine of Siena