The Imitation of Christ Mauriac loving father to the natives

loving father to the natives of the New World

and abiding in his love

” Beginning with Patrick’s boyhood and enslavement

George on the importance of tradition in education

Sheen’s The Prodigal World brings to mind the words of Christ: “It is fire that I have come to spread over the earth

The Imitation of Christ Mauriac loving father to the nativesBy Thomas Kempis Translated by Ronald Knox & Michael Oakley The late fourteenth century witnessed the beginning of a new spiritual movement. This movement, as Church historian Henri Daniel Rops has described, was animated by a desire for a humble, simple life, soundly based upon discipline and temperate habits, and its rule of life has been enshrined in this timeless masterpiece: The Imitation of Christ. Spiritual inspiration and sustenance for such