TY - BOOK AU - Kempis, Thomas A. TI - The Imitation of christ: in four books AV - BV 4821 .K46 1993 PY - 1993/// CY - New York PB - Catholic Book Publishing Co KW - RELIGION AND THEOLOGY N1 - Includes index; Book 1 : Useful admonitions for the spiritual life -- Book 2 : Considerations for leading an interior life -- Book 3 : On interior conversation -- Book 4 : On the blessed sacrament and devout exhortation for holy communion N2 - Our Lord's words "whoever wishes to be My follower must deny his very self, take up his cross each day and follow My steps" (Luke 9:23) were spoken for people of all times and localities. They are equally applicable to the young, to the middle aged and to the elderly. They are a challenge to modern people - surrounded by the comforts and conveniences of modern inventions - who take all these things for granted and, becoming immersed in the material, often forget their eternal destiny ER -