Tag: THE DISCIPLE

  • REMEMBER THE INNUMERABLE GIFTS OF GOD

    Imitation of Christ THE DISCIPLE OPEN my heart, O Lord, to Your law and teach me to walk in the way of Your commandments. Let me understand Your will. Let me remember Your blessings—all of them and each single one of them—with great reverence and care so that henceforth I may return worthy thanks for…

  • ABOVE ALL GOODS AND ALL GIFTS WE MUST REST IN GOD

    Imitation of Christ THE DISCIPLE ABOVE all things and in all things, O my soul, rest always in God, for He is the everlasting rest of the saints. Grant, most sweet and loving Jesus, that I may seek my repose in You above every creature; above all health and beauty; above every honor and glory;…

  • CONFESSING OUR WEAKNESS IN THE MISERIES OF LIFE

    Imitation of Christ THE DISCIPLE I WILL bring witness against myself to my injustice, and to You, O Lord, I will confess my weakness. Often it is a small thing that makes me downcast and sad. I propose to act bravely, but when even a small temptation comes I find myself in great straits. Sometimes…

  • TRUE PATIENCE IN SUFFERING

    Imitation of Christ THE VOICE OF CHRIST WHAT are you saying, My child? Think of My suffering and that of the saints, and cease complaining. You have not yet resisted to the shedding of blood. What you suffer is very little compared with the great things they suffered who were so strongly tempted, so severely…

  • ALL OUR CARE IS TO BE PLACED IN GOD

    Imitation of Christ THE VOICE OF CHRIST MY CHILD, allow me to do what I will with you. I know what is best for you. You think as a man; you feel in many things as human affection persuades. THE DISCIPLE Lord, what You say is true. Your care for me is greater than all…

  • TRUE COMFORT IS TO BE SOUGHT IN GOD ALONE

    Imitation of Christ THE DISCIPLE WHATEVER I can desire or imagine for my own comfort I look for not here but hereafter. For if I alone should have all the world’s comforts and could enjoy all its delights, it is certain that they could not long endure. Therefore, my soul, you cannot enjoy full consolation…

  • CONSIDER THE HIDDEN JUDGMENTS OF GOD LEST YOU BECOME PROUD OF YOUR OWN DEEDS

    The Imitation of Christ THE DISCIPLE YOU thunder forth Your judgments over me, Lord. You shake all my bones with fear and trembling, and my soul is very much afraid. I stand in awe as I consider that the heavens are not pure in Your sight. If You found wickedness in the angels and did…

  • THE LONGINGS OF OUR HEARTS MUST BE EXAMINED AND MODERATED

    The Imitation of Christ THE VOICE OF CHRIST MY CHILD, it is necessary for you to learn many things which you have not yet learned well. THE DISCIPLE What are they, Lord? THE VOICE OF CHRIST That you conform your desires entirely according to My good pleasure, and be not a lover of self but…

  • I UNDERSTAND HOW THEY FELT

    Connect The TestamentsGenesis 26; Matthew 19:1-20:16; Ecclesiastes 6:1-4 “Allow the children, and do not forbid them to come to me, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven” (Matt 19:14). This is the type of Jesus I want to know. It’s easy for me to think of Jesus as a man I see in film…

  • TO DESPISE THE WORLD AND SERVE GOD IS SWEET

    The Imitation of Christ THE DISCIPLE NOW again I will speak, Lord, and will not be silent. I will speak to the hearing of my God, my Lord, and my King Who is in heaven. How great, O Lord, is the multitude of Your mercies which You have stored up for those who love You.…