The Imitation of Christ

by Thomas, a Kempis; Creasy, William C.; Creasy, William C.

• ISBN13: 9780877934110
• ISBN10: 0877934118
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1989-10-01
• Publisher: Ave Maria Pr

Summary

More than just another new translation of a timeless work, this re-creation of a 560-year-old classic infuses it with life and meaning for contemporary readers, and offers new insight and deeper understanding with each reading. Durable, leather-textured cover.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 8
Introduction	p. 11
Useful Reminders for the Spiritual Life
Of the Imitation of Christ	p. 30
Of Having a Humble Opinion about Yourself	p. 31
Of the Teaching of Truth	p. 32
Of Thinking before You Act	p. 34
Of Reading Holy Writings	p. 35
Of Confused Feelings	p. 35
Of Avoiding Empty Hope and Self-Praise	p. 36
Of Avoiding Inappropriate Intimacy	p. 37
Of Obedience for Those under Religious Vows	p. 37
Of Avoiding Unnecessary Talk	p. 38
Of Finding Peace and Making Spiritual Progress	p. 39
Of Putting Troubles to Use	p. 40
Of Resisting Temptations	p. 41
Of Avoiding Hasty Judgments	p. 43
Of Works Done Out of Love	p. 43
Of Putting Up with Others' Faults	p. 44
Of the Monastic Life	p. 45
Of the Examples of the Holy Fathers	p. 46
Of the Training of a Good Religious Person	p. 47
Of the Love of Solitude and Silence	p. 49
Of Heartfelt Remorse	p. 51
Of Human Misery	p. 53
Of Thinking about Death	p. 55
Of Judgment and Punishment	p. 57
Of Improving Our Lives	p. 59
Suggestions Drawing One toward the Inner Life
Of God Speaking within You	p. 64
Of Placing Your Life in God's Hands	p. 66
Of the Good and Peaceful Person	p. 67
Of Pure Feelings and Simple Intentions	p. 68
Of Paying Attention to One's Self	p. 69
Of the Joy of a Good Conscience	p. 70
Of Loving Jesus above All Else	p. 71
Of Intimate Friendship with Jesus	p. 72
Of Emptiness	p. 73
Of Gratitude for God's Grace	p. 75
Of the Few Who Love Jesus's Cross	p. 77
Of the Royal Road of the Holy Cross	p. 78
Of Inner Comfort
Of Christ Speaking in Your Own Heart	p. 84
That Truth Speaks Quietly to the Heart	p. 85
That We Should Listen to God's Words with Deep Humility and Serious Intent	p. 86
That We Should Live in God's Presence in Truth and Humility	p. 88
Of the Wonderful Effects of God's Love	p. 89
Of the Proof of a True Lover	p. 91
Of Protecting Grace with Humility	p. 93
Of Humility before God	p. 95
That All Things Come from God and Must Return to God	p. 96
Of How Good It Is to Serve God	p. 97
That Feelings May Not Always Be What They Seem	p. 98
Of Patience	p. 99
Of Obedience and Humility	p. 100
Of Seeing Ourselves through God's Eyes	p. 101
Of What We Are to Do and Say about All Our Desires	p. 102
That We Are to Seek True Comfort in God Alone	p. 103
That We Should Take All Our Cares to God	p. 104
That We Should Bear Our Hardships Patiently after Christ's Example	p. 105
Of Bearing Injuries and the Proof of True Patience	p. 106
Of Admitting Our Own Weaknesses	p. 107
That We Should Rest in God above All Else	p. 109
Of Remembering God's Many Blessings	p. 111
Of Four Things that Bring Great Peace	p. 112
Of Avoiding Curiosity about Other People's Lives	p. 114
Of True Peace of Heart	p. 115
That True Freedom Comes More from Humble Prayer than from Much Reading	p. 116
That Self-love Blocks Us from Attaining the Highest Good	p. 117
Of Those Who Speak against Us	p. 119
Of How We Should Bless God in Times of Trial	p. 119
Of Asking for God's Help	p. 120
Of Setting Aside All Created Things that We May Find the Creator	p. 122
Of Growing beyond Self	p. 123
Of Our Changing Hearts, and of Focusing Our Sight on God	p. 124
That the Person Who Loves God Enjoys Him above All and in All	p. 125
That There Is No Freedom from Temptation in This Life	p. 126
That You Should Not Worry about What Other People May Say about You	p. 127
Of Gaining a Free Heart through Total Self-Surrender	p. 128
Of Controlling Our Behavior, and of Running to God in Time of Danger	p. 129
That a Person Must Not Be Overly Eager in His Affairs	p. 130
That All a Person's Goodness Comes from God, Not from Himself	p. 131
Of Seeing All Worldly Honor as Nothing	p. 132
That Peace Does Not Depend on Other People	p. 133
Against Arrogant Learning	p. 134
Of Minding Our Own Business	p. 135
That We Should Not Believe Everything We Hear and of How Easy It Is to Speak Ill of Others	p. 136
Of Having Confidence in God when Sharp Words Attack Us	p. 137
That All Burdens Are to Be Endured for the Sake of Eternal Life	p. 139
Of Life and of Eternity	p. 140
Of Longing for Eternal Life and of the Promise It Holds	p. 142
How a Lonely Person Should Place Himself in God's Hands	p. 145
That We Must Perform Humble Works When WeAre Unable to Perform Higher Ones	p. 147
That We Should Not Think Ourselves Worthy of Comfort but Deserving of Correction	p. 148
That God's Grace Does Not Mix with the Wisdom of the World	p. 149
Of the Differing Movements of Nature and Grace	p. 150
Of Fallen Nature and the Effect of Divine Grace	p. 153
That We Should Turn from Ourselves and Imitate Christ by Way of the Cross	p. 154
That We Should Not Be Too Dejected When We Fail	p. 156
Of Not Prying into Things That Are beyond Our Understanding	p. 157
That All Hope and Trust Should Be Fixed on God Alone	p. 160
The Book on the Sacrament
With What Great Reverence Christ Should Be Received	p. 164
What Great Goodness and Love God Shows to Us in This Sacrament	p. 168
How It is Helpful to Receive Communion Often	p. 170
That Many Good Things Are Given to Those Who Devoutly Receive Communion	p. 171
Of the Dignity of the Sacrament and of the Priesthood	p. 173
The Question of Preparing before Communion	p. 174
Of Examining One's Conscience, and of Planning to Change for the Better	p. 175
Of Christ's Offering on the Cross, and of Our Own Self-Surrender	p. 176
That We Ought to Offer Ourselves and All That Is Ours to God, and That We Ought to Pray for All Others	p. 177
That Holy Communion Is Not to Be Lightly Omitted	p. 179
That the Body of Christ and the Holy Scriptures Are Most Necessary to the Faithful Soul	p. 181
That Receiving Christ in Holy Communion Requires Preparation	p. 183
That a Devout Soul Should Wish Wholeheartedly to Be United with Christ in the Sacrament	p. 185
Of the Ardent Desire of Some Devout People to Receive the Body of Christ	p. 186
That the Grace of Devotion Is Gained by Humility	p. 187
That We Should Make Our Needs Known to Christ and Ask for His Help	p. 188
Of Burning Love and the Strong Desire to Receive Christ	p. 189
That We Should Not Pry into This Sacrament Out of Curiosity	p. 191
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