the other Good Works of the Virgin only under the sanction of punishment or discipline. Now that we have shown all of the ways found in the Gospels in which the Virgin Mary, conceived without sin, should shine forth in you and be imitated, we conclude this Rule on the note of Perseverance: for also in Sacred Scripture at the end it is said that they all persevered in prayer with Mary the Mother of Jesus [cf. Acts 1:14]. Let the devoted members of the Order therefore persevere in the observance of their Rule, for whoever perseveres to the end will be saved [cf. Mt 10:22]. The Rule of Imitation of the Ten Evangelical Virtues 323
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