But, in this, as in all spiritual exercises, a private work of devotion has neither the merit nor the efficacy of one that is done in company with the Church, and in communion with her public act; for the Church, as Bride of Christ, has an exceptional worth and power in all she does; and these qualities are communicated by her, to works of penance done, in her name, in the unity of the social body.
Kodwa, kulesi, njengoba kuzo zonke izivivinyo ngokomoya, umsebenzi wangasese zokuzinikela akanakho okufanela noma kusebenta lowo yenziwa inkampani Church, futhi nenhlanganyelo isenzo sakhe umphakathi; iSonto, njengoba uMlobokazi kaKristu, ine kuwufanele enesimo namandla kuyo yonke enza; futhi lezi zimfanelo zidluliselwa nguye, ukuze imisebenzi kokuzisola kwenziwa, egameni lakhe, ebunyeni umzimba social.