{"query": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_04: “My Son!", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_422ec22431a1", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_05: I bless Thee, O Heavenly Father, Father of my Lord Jesus Christ, for that Tho...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "I bless Thee, O Heavenly Father, Father of my Lord Jesus Christ, for that Thou hast vouchsafed to think of me, poor that I am. O, Father of Mercies and God of all comfort,(1) I give thanks unto Thee, "}, {"id": "card_n_c1ff606b7b3b", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_18: “My Son!", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son! I came down from heaven for thy salvation; I took upon Me thy miseries not of necessity, but drawn by love that thou mightest learn patience and mightest bear temporal miseries without murmur"}, {"id": "card_n_cfce263dfe3c", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_23: “My Son, now will I teach thee the way of peace and of true liberty.” 2.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, now will I teach thee the way of peace and of true liberty.” 2. Do, O my Lord, as Thou sayest, for this is pleasing unto me to hear. 3. “Strive, My Son, to do another’s will rather than thine"}, {"id": "card_n_752aaf678f74", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_03: “My Son, hear My words, for My words are most sweet, surpassing all the knowl...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, hear My words, for My words are most sweet, surpassing all the knowledge of the philosophers and wise men of this world. My words are spirit, and they are life,(1) and are not to be weighed b"}, {"id": "card_n_8564d1ef7b71", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_43: “My Son, let not the fair and subtle sayings of men move thee.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, let not the fair and subtle sayings of men move thee. For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.(1) Give ear to My words, for they kindle the heart and enlighten the mind, they brin"}, {"id": "card_n_adc6f01a8f29", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_49: “My Son, when thou feelest the desire of eternal happiness to be poured into ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, when thou feelest the desire of eternal happiness to be poured into thee from above, and longest to depart from the tabernacle of this body, that thou mayest contemplate My glory without shad"}, {"id": "card_n_32fad3beb6a6", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_32: “My Son, thou canst not possess perfect liberty unless thou altogether deny t...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, thou canst not possess perfect liberty unless thou altogether deny thyself. All they are enslaved who are possessors of riches, they who love themselves, the selfish, the curious, the restles"}, {"id": "card_n_e70a7ac28424", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_39: “My Son, always commit thy cause to Me; I will dispose it aright in due time.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, always commit thy cause to Me; I will dispose it aright in due time. Wait for My arrangement of it, and then thou shalt find it for thy profit.” 2. O Lord, right freely I commit all things to"}, {"id": "card_n_400b6fa91708", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_06: “My Son, thou art not yet strong and prudent in thy love.” 2.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, thou art not yet strong and prudent in thy love.” 2. Wherefore, O my Lord? 3. “Because for a little opposition thou fallest away from thy undertakings, and too eagerly seekest after consolati"}, {"id": "card_n_eae4a2b05137", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_25: “My Son, I have said, Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you, not a...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, I have said, Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you, not as the world giveth give I unto you.(1) All men desire peace, but all do not care for the things which belong unto true peac"}, {"id": "card_n_47d53c1177e0", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_58: “My Son, beware thou dispute not of high matters and of the hidden judgments ...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, beware thou dispute not of high matters and of the hidden judgments of God; why this man is thus left, and that man is taken into so great favour; why also this man is so greatly afflicted, a"}, {"id": "card_n_232fca0e5c49", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_11: “My Son, thou hast still many things to learn, which thou hast not well learn...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, thou hast still many things to learn, which thou hast not well learned yet.” 2. What are they, Lord? 3. “To place thy desire altogether in subjection to My good pleasure, and not to be a love"}, {"id": "card_n_c3f95ab81a10", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_51: “My Son, thou art not always able to continue in very fervent desire after vi...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, thou art not always able to continue in very fervent desire after virtues, nor to stand fast in the loftier region of contemplation; but thou must of necessity sometimes descend to lower thin"}, {"id": "card_n_92673aa7759b", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_19: “What sayest thou, My Son?", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“What sayest thou, My Son? Cease to complain; consider My suffering and that of My saints. Thou hast not yet resisted unto blood.(1) It is little which thou sufferest in comparison with those who have"}, {"id": "card_n_b20c69e2e533", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_28: “My Son, take it not sadly to heart, if any think ill of thee, and say of the...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, take it not sadly to heart, if any think ill of thee, and say of thee what thou art unwilling to hear. Thou oughtest to think worse of thyself, and to believe no man weaker than thyself. If t"}, {"id": "card_n_496fea540c92", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_47: “My Son, let not the labours which thou hast undertaken for Me break thee dow...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, let not the labours which thou hast undertaken for Me break thee down, nor let tribulations cast thee down in any wise, but let my promise strengthen and comfort thee in every event. I am suf"}, {"id": "card_n_06b45d614fc8", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_53: “My Son, precious is My grace, it suffereth not itself to be joined with outw...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, precious is My grace, it suffereth not itself to be joined with outward things, nor with earthly consolations. Therefore thou oughtest to cast away all things which hinder grace, if thou long"}, {"id": "card_n_10f4dc63d265", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_27: “My Son, thou must give all for all, and be nothing of thine own.", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, thou must give all for all, and be nothing of thine own. Know thou that the love of thyself is more hurtful to thee than anything in the world. According to the love and inclination which tho"}, {"id": "card_n_c094f5a89427", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_54: “My Son, pay diligent heed to the motions of Nature and of Grace, because the...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "“My Son, pay diligent heed to the motions of Nature and of Grace, because they move in a very contrary and subtle manner, and are hardly distinguished save by a spiritual and inwardly enlightened man."}, {"id": "card_c_01e39557721c", "title": "Imitation of Christ §imit_03_43: “My → Imitation of Christ §imit_03_44: “My", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sequential next in imitation_of_christ."}]}