Contemplation: Dove-like and Holy, Perfecting the Other Virtues
“Simplicity,” St. Vincent once said, “is the virtue I love most” [CCD I:265] and our Rule lists it first among our five Essential Virtues. [Rule, Part I, 2.5.1] So what does the virtue of simplicity call upon us to do? Simplicity, Vincent taught, is a virtue primarily concerned with God. In simplicity, we present ourselves,…