Status Updates From The Imitation of Christ

Absolutely excellent. Had to reread a paragraph a couple of times to actually understand the importance of what was being said 😮‍💨. Also, so many bookmarks.

“The more a man is united within himself and interiorly simple, the more and higher things doth he understand without labor, because he receiveth the light of understanding from above.” -Chapter 2

"Arts, riches, beauty, strength, wit, eloquence, they all avail nothing before Thee, O Lord, without Thy grace. For the gifts of Nature belong to good and evil alike; but the proper gift of the elect is grace—that is, love—and they who bear the mark thereof are held worthy of everlasting life."

It’s not who said it but what they said.

There is so much richness in desiring little. In willfully becoming poorer, conquering your own weaknesses and amending your life. The intentional living of monastic life is something worth imitating.