455 part ii: meditations for more solemn feasts not received Me nor have been enriched by my favor today, and yet they love Me more than you do; they are eager to please Me more than you are; they suffer and do greater things for Me than you do; finally, they attend more zealously to their perfection than do you.” 3. “Receive the Holy Spirit” (Jn 20:22). If, perhaps, the evil spirit was deceiving you until now as you followed your own passions, then starting today, having received the God-Man, you should put on a different man. For, if He gave His Spirit to the disciples by breathing on them, He will certainly not deprive you of the same Spirit, since He incorporated Himself into you in a certain way. Consider, therefore, that opposing the will of the Superiors is of the evil spirit, while obeying all of them, even those in the lowest office, is of a good spirit. A disposition alien to the religious life is [inclined] to taste, seek, and choose loftier things. The Spirit of God [inclines us] to think, to want, and to embrace humble things. It is of the infernal spirit to want to rule over others, to comprehend the sublime, to be placed before everyone, and to receive the greatest praise among all. It is of the holy and divine Spirit to agreeably bear the yoke of the Crucified; not to seek to the explore the Divine Majesty; but to desire to be esteemed less than anyone, and to consider oneself as most worthy of the greatest contempt among all. You should follow such a spirit in the future if you desire to be a true disciple of Christ. For what good does it do to pretend to be a religious on the outside, if inside you are worse than the worst of laymen?
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