the imitation of Christ, the 1st book: chapter xxiii (meditation upon death)

OF MEDITATION UPON DEATH โ€œVery quickly, will there be an end of you here. Take heed, therefore, how it will be with you in another world. Today man is, and tomorrow he will be seen no more. And being removed out of sight quickly, also he is out of mind. O the dullness and hardness [...]

the imitation of Christ, the 1st book: chapter xviii (the examples of the holy fathers)

OF THE EXAMPLE OF THE HOLY FATHERS โ€œConsider now the lively examples of the holy fathers, in whom shone forth real perfectness and religion, and you shall see how little, even as nothing, is all that we do. Ah! What is our life when compared to theirs? They, saints and friends of Christ as they [...]