Imitation of Christ §imit_04_06: The Voice of the Disciple When I consider Thy dignity, O Lord, and mine own v...
Source: Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418-1427) (imit_04_06) · father
The Voice of the Disciple When I consider Thy dignity, O Lord, and mine own vileness, I tremble very exceedingly, and am confounded within myself. For if I approach not, I fly from life; and if I intrude myself unworthily, I run into Thy displeasure. What then shall I do, O my God, Thou helper and Counsellor in necessities. 2. Teach Thou me the right way; propound unto me some short exercise befitting Holy Communion. For it is profitable to know how I ought to prepare my heart devoutly and reverently for Thee, to the intent that I may receive Thy Sacrament to my soul’s health [or it may be also for the celebrating this so great and divine mystery].
Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)
- manuscript_tradition: Brussels Royal Library MS 5855-61 — autograph
- critical_edition: Pohl edition (1902-1922) — Opera Omnia
- translation: Whitford translation (1530) — earliest English
- translation: Knox-Oakley translation (1959)
- republication: Project Gutenberg — Imitation of Christ
- republication: Christian Classics Ethereal Library