List of points
In apostolic work there is no such thing as a trifling disobedience.
With that slowness, with that passivity, with that reluctance to obey, what damage you cause to the apostolate and what satisfaction you give to the enemy!
Initiative. You must have it in your apostolate, within the terms of your instructions.
If it exceeds those limits or if you are in doubt, consult whoever is in charge, without telling anyone else of what you are thinking.
Never forget that you are only an agent.
Obedience, the sure way. Unreserved obedience to whoever is in charge, the way of sanctity. Obedience in your apostolate, the only way: for, in a work of God, the spirit must be to obey or to leave.
In apostolic work there can be no excuse for disobedience, nor for insincerity. Remember that simplicity is not imprudence, nor indiscretion.
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