Tag Archives: The Imitation of Christ

Classic Devotional 3/11/2023

Posted on March 11, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

The Love of Solitude and Silence – 1 SEEK a suitable time for leisure and meditate often on the favors of God. Leave curiosities alone. Read such matters as bring sorrow to the heart rather than occupation to the mind. … Continue reading →

The Practices of a Good Religious – 2

Posted on February 25, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

Arm yourself like a man against the devil’s assaults. Curb your appetite and you will more easily curb every inclination of the flesh. Never be completely unoccupied, but read or write or pray or meditate or do something for the … Continue reading →

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The Practices of a Good Religious – 1

Posted on February 18, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

THE life of a good religious ought to abound in every virtue so that he is interiorly what to others he appears to be. With good reason there ought to be much more within than appears on the outside, for … Continue reading →

The Example Set Us By The Holy Fathers – 2

Posted on February 4, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

Continued From Last Week THEY [the followers of Christ] renounced all riches, dignities, honors, friends, and associates. They desired nothing of the world. They scarcely allowed themselves the necessities of life, and the service of the body, even when necessary, … Continue reading →

The Example Set Us By The Holy Fathers – 1

Posted on January 28, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

CONSIDER the lively examples set us by the saints, who possessed the light of true perfection and religion, and you will see how little, how nearly nothing, we do. What, alas, is our life, compared with theirs? The saints and … Continue reading →

Monastic Life

Posted on January 14, 2023 by Roland Ledoux

IF YOU wish peace and concord with others, you must learn to break your will in many things. To live in monasteries or religious communities, to remain there without complaint, and to persevere faithfully till death is no small matter. … Continue reading →

Bearing With The Faults of Others

Posted on December 31, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

UNTIL God ordains otherwise, a man ought to bear patiently whatever he cannot correct in himself and in others. Consider it better thus—perhaps to try your patience and to test you, for without such patience and trial your merits are … Continue reading →

Works Done In Charity

Posted on December 18, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

NEVER do evil for anything in the world, or for the love of any man. For one who is in need, however, a good work may at times be purposely left undone or changed for a better one. This is … Continue reading →

Avoiding Rash Judgment

Posted on December 4, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

Turn your attention upon yourself and beware of judging the deeds of other men, for in judging others a man labors vainly, often makes mistakes, and easily sins; whereas, in judging and taking stock of himself he does something that … Continue reading →

Resisting Temptation

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

SO LONG as we live in this world we cannot escape suffering and temptation. Whence it is written in Job: “The life of man upon earth is a warfare.” Everyone, therefore, must guard against temptation and must watch in prayer … Continue reading →

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Acquiring Peace and Zeal

Posted on November 6, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

WE SHOULD enjoy much peace if we did not concern ourselves with what others say and do, for these are no concern of ours. How can a man who meddles in affairs not his own, who seeks strange distractions, and … Continue reading →

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Avoiding Idle Talk

Posted on October 23, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

SHUN the gossip of men as much as possible, for discussion of worldly affairs, even though sincere, is a great distraction inasmuch as we are quickly ensnared and captivated by vanity. Many a time I wish that I had held … Continue reading →

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Obedience and Subjection

Posted on October 9, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

IT IS a very great thing to obey, to live under a superior and not to be one’s own master, for it is much safer to be subject than it is to command. Many live in obedience more from necessity … Continue reading →

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Shunning Over-Familiarity

Posted on September 25, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

DO NOT open your heart to every man, but discuss your affairs with one who is wise and who fears God. Do not keep company with young people and strangers. Do not fawn upon the rich, and do not be … Continue reading →

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Prudence In Action

Posted on August 14, 2022 by Roland Ledoux

The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas à Kempis, is a Christian devotional book first composed in Medieval Latin as De Imitatione Christi (c. 1418–1427). The devotional text is divided into four books of detailed spiritual instructions. The devotional approach of … Continue reading →