From The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a Kempis., 15th Century. God help us. “… a humble tiller of the land who serves God is better than a proud philosopher who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars. He who knows himself well becomes mean in his own eyes and is not… Read More On Striving to be Small Towards Christmas.
How can we know the Way? “Thy Word is a light to my feet and a lamp to my path.” Psalm 119:105 By Way of The Cross He leads us through both light and darkness. “My son, trust not to thy present feeling, for it will soon give way to another. As long as you… Read More Thomas a Kempis: “Do Not Trust Feelings”
James Bishop’s Encyclopedia of Religion, Society and Philosophy Dan Brown in his book The Da Vinci Code (2003) writes, “Nothing in Christianity is original.” In recent times a number of people are claiming that the historical Jesus is simply a rehash of older pagan secretive religions, and of the religions of dying and rising gods. This is a view… Read More Why we know Jesus is not a copy of pagan religions
“He to whom the Eternal Word speaketh is free from a multitude of opinions. From this One Word are all things, and all things speak of Him; and this is the Beginning which also speaketh unto us. No man without Him understandeth or rightly judgeth. The man to whom all things are one, who bringeth… Read More From this One Are All Things
“A good and devout man arranges in his mind the things he has to do, not according to the whims of evil inclination but according to the dictates of right reason. Who is forced to struggle more than he who tries to master himself? This ought to be our purpose, then: to conquer self, to… Read More Free from a multitude of opinions
The Imitation of ChristBy Thomas a Kempis, 15th century. Bk.1 ch.3 The Doctrine of Truth HAPPY is he whom Truth teacheth by itself, not by figures and words that pass, but as it is in itself.—PS. XVII. 36; IS. XXVIII. 26. Our opinion and our sense often deceive us and discover but little. What availeth… Read More Of the Knowledge of Truth
“Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.”— Thomas a Kempis, 15th century
It is better to fear the world’s admiration than to fear its mockery or ostracization. “He to whom the eternal Word speaks is set at liberty from a multitude of opinions.From one word are all things, and of this one all things speak; and this is the beginning which also speaketh to us. From one… Read More “Without this word no one understands or judges rightly”
By Thomas a Kempis(b)1380 – (d)1471 It is good for us to have sometimes troubles and adversities: for they make a man enter into himself, that he may know that he is in a state of banishment, and may not place his hopes in anything of this world. It is good that we sometimes suffer contradictions… Read More The Utility of Adversity
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