Wednesday, August 06, 2008

On the Imitation of Christ Four Books By Thomas, a Kempis Thomas

On the Imitation of Christ Four Books By Thomas, a Kempis Thomas: "Be thou therefore always in a readiness and so lead life that death never take thee b "

This is the inscription on the base of my 3rd Great Grandfathers headstone. It is a quote from Thomas a Kempis in his book, On the Imitation of Christ. A footnote on the quote points to Luke 21:36, "Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man."

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