“The lives of the saints are the models for the lives of others. This is one of the reasons why we have been given the wise tale of the Scriptures, that while, by reading therein, we come to know Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and others of the righteous, we may follow them in that path of innocence which is opened to us for our imitation by the record of their godly conversation. ”
(St Ambrose on St. Joseph of Egypt)