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Richochette Effet

joseph52 wrote in christianity Feb 18, 2011 09:44

Many of my unbeleiving friends ask me how I can love God ( Read more... )

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Developing the Habit of Virtue

ex_restless wrote in christianity Mar 14, 2010 11:32

Today's Lenten reading comes again from Thomas a Kempis' The Imitation of Christ. This chapter is addressed specifically to those in religious vows, but clearly it can be applied to all disciples of Christ:

Each day we ought to renew our resolutions and arouse ourselves to fervor as though it were the first day of our religious life. We ought to ( Read more... )

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Guarding against temptation

ex_restless wrote in christianity Feb 20, 2010 12:02

Today's Lenten reading comes from the classic work by Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ, which will likely show up a few more times during these Lenten posts:

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" (Job 7:1). Everyone, therefore, ( Read more... )

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