Whoever, goaded by divine inspiration, is in a hurry to leave the actions of this world and to be converted to God, should be welcomed with love and refreshed with sweet consolations in every way, that he may be delighted to persist totally in that way of life which he chose with God's assistance.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 437
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