What is Truth? Book 1, Chapter 3.
Pray: O God, You who are the Truth, make me one with You in everlasting love. It often wearies me to read and listen to many things. All that I wish for and desire is in You. Let all the…
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Holiness
Is Cleaning Inside the Pot Worth It?
Book 2: Admonitions Concerning Interior Things. “I Am the Truth” Jn 14:6. Book 2, CHAPTER 1: The Inward Life Comment: Thomas spends a great deal of time in each of his books telling us that we need to keep working…
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Who Can We Imitate?
Book 1, Chapter 18: Of the example of the Holy Fathers Comment: Imitating the imitators brings us that much closer to Christ. These imitators were the early Church Fathers who laid the foundations of the faith. Most of these theologians…
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Why Isn’t Thomas a’Kempis a Saint of the Catholic Church?
Saint of the Church? I’m often asked whether or not Thomas is a Saint of the Roman Catholic Church. In short, he is not. There are several reasons for this, some based upon the tenants of the Church. Others are…
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