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Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380-1471)
e The Voice of Christ MY CHILD, when you feel the desire for everlasting happiness poured out upon you from above, and when you long to depart out of the tabernacle of the body that you may contemplate My glory without threat of change, open wide your heart and receive this holy inspiration with all eagerness.
Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380-1471)
The Voice of Christ MY CHILD, you can never be perfectly free unless you completely renounce self, for all who seek their own interest and who love themselves are bound in fetters.
Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380-1471)
The Voice of Christ MY CHILD, do not let the labors which you have taken up for My sake break you, and do not let troubles, from whatever source, cast you down;…
Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380-1471)
The Voice of Christ MY CHILD, do not be curious. Do not trouble yourself with idle cares. What matters this or that to you? Follow Me. What is it to you if a man is such and such,…
Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380-1471)
The Voice of Christ MY CHILD, pay careful attention to the movements of nature and of grace, for they move in very contrary and subtle ways,…
Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380-1471)
THE life of a good religious ought to abound in every virtue so that he is interiorly what to others he appears to be. With good reason there ought to be much more within than appears on the outside,…
Fountain of Life Opened Up by Flavel, John (1627-1691)
Words; the first of which is here illustrated. Luke 23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. The manner in which Christ died has already been opened in the solitude and patience in which he died.
Fountain of Life Opened Up by Flavel, John (1627-1691)
being the second Effect or Fruit of his Priesthood. Gal. 4: 4, 5. But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman,…
Romance of M. Renan, and the Christ of the Gospels. Three Essays by Rev. Dr. Schaff and M. Napoleon Roussel. by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
By Napoléon Roussel. THE ROMANCE OF M. RENAN. WE have, once more and again, read “The Life of Jesus,” by M. Renan. The book is a masterpiece of skill. We say this without any reference either to its style or to its scientific character; but with respect to the marvelous cleverness with which its author colors events and fashions men,…
NPNF2-09. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Introduction. ———————————— Chapter I.—The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers. St. Hilary of Poitiers is one of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers of the Western Church.
