Of the Sacrament of the Altar
Thomas à Kempis·about 1420 to 1427·154 pages
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“It is not an Angel but the Lord of the Angels, that I am about to receive as my Guest.”
Thomas à Kempis · chosen by someone who read it first
Underline it in the book. In the You.Prjct app, a line from this volume meets you on today’s invitation.
A ruled margin beside the text, four lines at the foot of every page, and the Notes leave their last page open under the thing they ask you to do. A chapter opening and a Notes close, as printed.
Some things are too great to approach casually. The close of the whole work: eighteen chapters for a man about to receive the Sacrament, printed as Kempis wrote it.
Book Four of four, and the close of the whole work. Eighteen chapters and a devout exhortation, written for a man about to receive the Sacrament.
It is the most explicitly Catholic thing on this shelf and it is printed as Kempis wrote it, without softening and without apology. Two essays close the whole work.
- OneWith How Great Reverence Christ Must be Received13
- TwoThat the Greatness and Charity of God is Shown to Men in the Sacrament25
- ThreeThat It is Profitable to Communicate Often33
- FourThat Many Good Gifts Are Bestowed Upon Those Who Communicate Devoutly41
- FiveOf the Dignity of This Sacrament, and of the Office of the Priest49
- SixAn Inquiry Concerning Preparation for Communion55
- SevenOf the Examination of Conscience, and Purpose of Amendment59
- EightOf the Oblation of Christ Upon the Cross, and of Resignation of Self65
- NineThat We Ought to Offer Ourselves and All That is Ours to God, and to Pray for All71
- TenThat Holy Communion is Not Lightly to be Omitted77
- and 8 more
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The outside follows the inside.
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Black covers, a metal emblem, one range across every spine. We made the outside beautiful because of what happens on the inside. A life works the same way: put the interior in order and the rest of it follows. If that is the work you are already doing, these were made for you.
Every one closes with the Notes, and a page left open under the thing they ask you to do. Read the rest with a pen.