“Are not many inspired by similar impulses today, and, while they may not leave their parents’ home, do they not depart from the home of their Heavenly Father, that is, from obedience to the Holy Church? The yoke of Christ seems difficult for immature minds, and His commandments burdensome. They think that it is not really necessary to keep that which God and His Holy Church command us. To them it seems possible to serve God and the world at the same time.”
(St John of San Francisco, Homily on the Prodigal Son)