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- Episode 94 -- Imitation of Christ III.56 -- We Must Deny Ourselves and Follow Christ Along the Way of the Cross
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13 min - Episode 94 -- Imitation of Christ III.56 -- We Must Deny Ourselves and Follow Christ Along the Way of the Cross
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13 min - Episode 94 -- Imitation of Christ III.56 -- We Must Deny Ourselves and Follow Christ Along the Way of the Cross
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13 min - Episode 94 -- Imitation of Christ III.56 -- We Must Deny Ourselves and Follow Christ Along the Way of the Cross
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13 min - Episode 95 -- Imitation of Christ III.57 -- A Man Should Not be Too Depressed when He Slips into a Fault
In chapter 57 Thomas a Kempis talks about the situation when we are spoken to in a sharp and hurtful way. Often this will happen after we have made a mistake. We will be tempted to be discouraged by such a stinging rebuke. But Thomas a Kempis encourages us to take such things in stride. Let us not be too worried about what people think of us and say about us. Let us seek to truly do the will of the Lord. Let us ask for the grace to care more what the Lord thinks.
12 min - Episode 94 -- Imitation of Christ III.56 -- We Must Deny Ourselves and Follow Christ Along the Way of the Cross
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13 min - Episode 94 -- Imitation of Christ III.56 -- We Must Deny Ourselves and Follow Christ Along the Way of the Cross
In chapter 56, Thomas a Kempis draws our attention to the need to deny ourselves if we want to follow the Lord. Christ's life must be the main study of our life. By encountering Christ in the Scriptures and in the Eucharist, we receive the grace to put his teachings into practice. How we need to encourage each other. How we need to remember why we have undertaken a life of prayer. We live for Christ.
13 min - Episode 93 -- Imitation of Christ III.55 -- On the Corruption of Nature and the Power of God’s Grace
In chapter 55, Thomas a Kempis distinguishes the corruption of human nature from the power of God's grace. Because of original sin, our nature has evil propensities, which draw us to sin. One of the consequences of original sin is the lack of order in the powers of our soul. Our nature is not totally corrupt. We still have a longing for God, but uncontrolled self-love so often makes us forget the primacy of God. We forget that our true selves are only found in him. But along side our tendency to sin is the dynamic power of God's grace that inspires us and leads us to live like God. We need God's grace at the beginning of every good work, during every good work, and at the completion of every good work. Apart from Christ and his grace, we are nothing in the supernatural order.
14 min - Episode 92 -- Imitation of Christ III.54 -- Grace versus Nature
In chapter 54, Thomas a Kempis makes 17 brief points about the distinction between nature and grace. He draws our attention to the opposition in how grace works and how nature works. In the end, grace is the principle of living for God and all our efforts to deny ourselves. Grace is what keeps our souls aimed at heaven. Grace inspires not to count the cost of following Christ. Grace makes us willing to give up all that keeps us from holiness of life. What is grace? A supernatural gift, a light, help that God gives to enable us to live as his adopted children. Grace introduces us into the intimacy of the divine life, the life of the Trinity.
13 min - Episode 91 -- Imitation of Christ III.53 -- God’s Grace Does not Mix with Worldly Wisdom
Does God's wisdom and worldly wisdom mix?
No. Thomas a Kempis points out that God's wisdom in our souls makes us give up anything and everything that stands in the way of our union with Him. There is something radical about what God's love will ask of us. The wisdom of the world always makes us think that we can make this life what is most important. In the end this world passes away. In the end, our relationship with the Lord is what matters. The great thing is to die to oneself and live for God.
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St Philip Neri in the 16th century would gather those each day who were desirous of seeking Christian perfection. He would read from a spiritual book and then discourse on the meaning of what was…
read. This podcast (and the nightly prayer group from which it springs) seeks to carry on St Philip’s method of helping people become holy, even saints, in their own homes.