Another brother of our Order, Father Didaco
of Saint Matthias (who had been for quite a long time confessor at the
Monastery of the Visitation in Ávila), a zealous servant of God was very ill in
bed. At that time while I was assisting at the Holy Mass I fell again in
profound meditation, during which I saw this priest that died and without
touching Purgatory he rose directly towards Heaven. Later I learned that he
died indeed at the hour when I had the vision. I was taken by surprise that he
had not had to minimally touch Purgatory. However, it was explained to me
later, that he had been a religious very faithful to his vows, for that he
benefited from the Sabbatine privilege, thus he had no need of Purgatory. I
don’t know why I was told this but I think that in this way I was meant to
understand that it is not the wearing of the habit that fulfills the religious
man and that just being a religious is not enough to obtain the benefit which
is promised to him by his religious condition which is a state of higher perfection.
—Saint Teresa of Jesus
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