1. The Imitation of Christ: Avoid Vanity, Seek Humility

Fr. Robert Nixon begins The Commentaries with a self-examination on the virtue of humility.

“It is often said that humility is the foundation of all the other virtues. And in trying to become who or more than what God created us to be, we actually end up becoming less than what we could be.”

The following words of Thomas à Kempis in The Imitation of Christ drive home Fr. Nixon's point: "The more and the better thou knowest, the more heavy will be thy judgment unless thy life also be more holy. Be not therefore puffed up with any art or science, but rather fear upon account of the knowledge which is given."

This episode of The Commentaries dives into The Imitation of Christ Book One, Chapters 1-5.

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