Saint Bridget of Sweden: "the seed sown on rich soil"

... is the one who hears the word and understands it,
who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold."

--Mt 13:18-23

"From the God-given seed of the counsels a wonderful and wide-spreading tree has grown up in the field of the Lord, branching out into various forms of the religious life lived in solitude or in community. Different religious families have come into existence in which spiritual resources are multiplied for the progress in holiness of their members and for the good of the entire Body of Christ."

-- CCC 917