Category: IMITATION OF CHRIST

  • THE EXAMINATION OF CONSCIENCE AND THE RESOLUTION TO AMEND

    Imitation of Christ THE VOICE OF CHRIST ABOVE all, God’s priest should approach the celebration and reception of this Sacrament with the deepest humility of heart and suppliant reverence, with complete faith and the pious intention of giving honor to God. Carefully examine your conscience, then. Cleanse and purify it to the best of your…

  • AN INQUIRY ON THE PROPER THING TO DO BEFORE COMMUNION

    Imitation of Christ THE DISCIPLE WHEN I consider Your dignity, O Lord, and my own meanness, I become very much frightened and confused. For if I do not receive, I fly from Life, and if I intrude unworthily, I incur Your displeasure. What, then, shall I do, my God, my Helper and Adviser in necessity?…

  • THE DIGNITY OF THE SACRAMENT AND OF THE PRIESTHOOD

    Imitation of Christ THE VOICE OF CHRIST HAD you the purity of an angel and the sanctity of St. John the Baptist, you would not be worthy to receive or administer this Sacrament. It is not because of any human meriting that a man consecrates and administers the Sacrament of Christ, and receives the Bread…

  • MANY BLESSINGS ARE GIVEN THOSE WHO RECEIVE COMMUNION WORTHILY

    Imitation of Christ THE DISCIPLE O LORD my God, favor Your servant with the blessings of Your sweetness that I may merit to approach Your magnificent Sacrament worthily and devoutly. Lift up my heart to You and take away from me this heavy indolence. Visit me with Your saving grace that I may in spirit…

  • IT IS PROFITABLE TO RECEIVE COMMUNION OFTEN

    Imitation of Christ THE DISCIPLE BEHOLD, I come to You, Lord, that I may prosper by Your gift and be delighted at Your holy banquet which You, O God, in Your sweetness have prepared for Your poor. Behold, all that I can or ought to desire is in You. You are my salvation and my…

  • GOD’S GREAT GOODNESS AND LOVE IS SHOWN TO MAN IN THIS SACRAMENT

    Imitation of Christ THE DISCIPLE TRUSTING in Your goodness and great mercy, O Lord, I come as one sick to the Healer, as one hungry and thirsty to the Fountain of life, as one in need to the King of heaven, a servant to his Lord, a creature to his Creator, a soul in desolation…

  • THE GREAT REVERENCE WITH WHICH WE SHOULD RECEIVE CHRIST

    Imitation of Christ THE VOICE OF CHRIST COME to Me, all you that labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you. The bread which I will give is My Flesh, for the life of the world.44 Take you and eat: this is My Body, which shall be delivered for you. Do this for the…

  • ALL HOPE AND TRUST ARE TO BE FIXED IN GOD ALONE

    Imitation of Christ THE DISCIPLE WHAT, Lord, is the trust which I have in this life, or what is my greatest comfort among all the things that appear under heaven? Is it not You, O Lord, my God, Whose mercies are without number? Where have I ever fared well but for You? Or how could…

  • HIGH MATTERS AND THE HIDDEN JUDGMENTS OF GOD ARE NOT TO BE SCRUTINIZED

    Imitation of Christ THE VOICE OF CHRIST MY CHILD, beware of discussing high matters and God’s hidden judgments—why this person is so forsaken and why that one is favored with so great a grace, or why one man is so afflicted and another so highly exalted. Such things are beyond all human understanding and no…

  • A MAN SHOULD NOT BE TOO DOWNCAST WHEN HE FALLS INTO DEFECTS

    Imitation of Christ THE VOICE OF CHRIST MY CHILD, patience and humility in adversity are more pleasing to Me than much consolation and devotion when things are going well. Why are you saddened by some little thing said against you? Even if it had been more you ought not to have been affected. But now…