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6. Aspirant and candidate
28. Finally, the man preparing for diaconate “...is a necessary and irreplaceable agent in his own formation: all formation...is ultimately a self-formation”.(30)
Self-formation does not imply isolation, closure to or independence from formators, but responsibility and dynamism in responding with generosity to God's call, valuing to the highest the people and tools which Providence puts at one's disposition.
Self-formation has its root in a firm determination to grow in life according to the Spirit and in conformity with the vocation received, and it is nourished in being humbly open to recognising one's own limitations and one's own gifts.