The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
Then all tribulation suffered patiently will be pleasing and all iniquity shall cease (see Ps 107:42).
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
It is far better to know little and be humble than to possess great wisdom with complacency. It is better for you to have less than to have a lot, with the danger of becoming proud.
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
We would be more peaceful if we were less curious about what others are saying and doing, things that really do not concern us.
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
Why are you disturbed when things do not go according to your plans and desires? Who has everything going the way they want?! Neither you, nor I, nor anyone living on earth.
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
“All those things have vanished like a shadow” (Wis 5:9), and so will you, too, along with them. Do not cling to them, or you may be ensnared and perish.
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
- Remain a pilgrim and a stranger upon earth, one for whom this world’s affairs hold no interest (see 1 Pet 2:11).
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
Chapter 2 Humble self-opinion
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
For he says: “if any one loves me and keeps my word, my Father will love him, and we will come to make our home with him” (Jn 14:23).
Thomas à Kempis • The Imitation of Christ: (Original translation as heard on the Hallow App)
Give me, O good Jesus, that hope-filled interior peace that assures me of your grace and makes me faithfully correspond to it. I seek a peace companioned by the spirit of poverty, humility of heart, and freedom from all earthly attachments. Subject my passions to reason, my reason to faith, and my very being to God. Amen.