The Imitation of Christ Mauriac and abiding in his love

and abiding in his love

loving father to the natives of the New World

By Ethel Cook Eliot

Sheen’s The Prodigal World brings to mind the words of Christ: “It is fire that I have come to spread over the earth

The Imitation of Christ Mauriac and abiding in his loveBy 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