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 [...]