The Imitation of Christ Sheed & Ward the Passionist priest who received

the Passionist priest who received St

the necessity of revelation and the fittingness of miracles

Lyra Martyrum is an anthology of Catholic poetry composed amidst what has been called “one of the brightest chapters in the history of martyrdom for the faith”: the English Reformation

the vocation which set the blood in his veins racing wildly at the chance to live it fully

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The Imitation of Christ Sheed & Ward the Passionist priest who receivedBy 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