 Without a doubt, obedience is more meritorious than any other penance. And what greater penance can there be than keeping one's will continually submissive in obedience? All right. I got it. You've convinced me. Obedience is the way to go. I love it. I don't know how to do that, though, in my life right now. St. Thomas says, Obedience unites us so closely to God that in a way transforms us into him.