Father Ignatius
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or to give all one's goods to the poor.
Unless one directed these things to the fulfillment of the divine will, they could not be meritorious.
We follow His ways, not our own.
If I had done what I set out to do, the Society of Jesus would not exist.
My desire for martyrdom was vainglory, and I could not win the Red Crown by force.
Do you see how serious the matter of obedience is?
Then would you obey the doctor's orders if you could go back and do it over again?
And leave you dying in your own sweat?
My son, this is why men are dismissed from the Society of Jesus— for this crime more than any other!
I will not have any disobedient novices like you ordained in the Society of Jesus.
And I certainly won't have such a pernicious vice poisoning the rest of the seminarians.
If you claim to follow Christ, you are under my authority and you will follow my orders.
His disobedience will be dealt with, doctor.