Thomas a Kempis: humility

Monday, November 30, 2020
    Feast of Andrew the Apostle
Meditation:
    Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.
    —1 Corinthians 13:8 (NIV)
Quotation:
    What doth it profit thee to enter into deep discussions concerning the Holy Trinity, if thou lack humility, and be thus displeasing to the Trinity? For verily it is not deep words that make a man holy and upright; it is a good life which maketh a man dear to God. I had rather feel contrition than be skillful in the definition thereof. If thou knewest the whole Bible, and the sayings of all the philosophers, what should this profit thee without the love and grace of God?
    ... Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471), Of the Imitation of Christ [1418], Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1877, I.i.3, p. 29-30 (see the book)
    See also 1 Cor. 13:1-2; Ps. 149:4; Mark 8:36; Luke 16:15; 1 Pet. 3:4
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, keep me from being puffed up with knowledge and implant Your love in my heart. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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