the imitation of Christ, the 3rd book: chapter xix (bearing injuries and who shall be approved as truly patient)

OF BEARING INJURIES; AND WHO SHALL BE APPROVED AS TRULY PATIENT “” What say you My Son. Cease to complain; consider My suffering and that of My saints. You have not yet resisted unto blood, (Hebrews 12:4). It is little which you suffer in comparison with those who have suffered so many things, have been [...]

the imitation of Christ, the 3rd book: chapter ix (that all things are to be referred to God as the final end)

THAT ALL THINGS ARE TO BE REFERRED TO GOD, AS THE FINAL END “” My Son, I must be your Supreme and final end, if you desire to be truly happy. Out of such purpose your affection shall be purified, which too often is sinfully bent upon itself and upon created things. For if you [...]

the imitation of Christ, the 3rd book: chapter vii (hiding our grace under the guard of humility)

OF HIDING OUR GRACE UNDER THE GUARD OF HUMILITY “”My Son, it is better and safer for you to hide the grace of devotion, and not to lift yourself up on high, nor to speak much thereof, nor to value it greatly; but rather to despise yourself, and to fear as though this grace were [...]