Itaque necessarium est ad vitae perfectionem Christi imitari, non solum in exemplis, quae invita demonstravit, lenitatis, humilitatis ac patientiae, verum etiam ipsius mortis, sicut Paulus ait Christi imitator: Conformatus morti eius, si modo perveniam ad resurrectionem ex mortuis.

To attain holiness, then, we must not only pattern our lives on Christ’s by being gentle, humble and patient, we must also imitate him in his death. Taking Christ for his model, Paul said that he wanted to become like him in his death in the hope that he too would be raised from death to life.