Blessed is the soul which frequently considereth the last hour, when all must be ended in, this life—joys or sorrows, honors and reproaches. Happy the soul that is as a poor pilgrim traveling towards God—that despiseth all the pomp of the world, however great and enticing. For in that last hour all shall perish—cities, castles, villages, vessels of gold and silver, all dainty meats and flowers, cups of smelling wine. Then shall be dumb the lyre, trumpet, pipe and harp. Then shall be no more sport nor mirth, no more dance nor loud applause, no more songs nor merry laughter, no more the sound of revelry in street or bower—for the hearts of all living shall fail, and the whole earth shall tremble at the presence of God. O how wise is he that daily considereth these things ! Blessed is he that of his own desire keepeth himself away from the many snares and dangers of the world. Blessed is he that watcheth day and night against temptation; for so long as the soul is united to the body, and the body is nourished with the fruit of the earth, man cannot be exempt from sin nor free from temptation, nor assured that he may not fall.
There is nothing that endureth, nothing that abideth on this earth, of which the body of Adam and his sons were formed. Then in all thy works, whatever they may be, wherever thou goest, to what place soever thou proceedest, remember the end of life, and the last hour, which shall come at a time thou thinkest not.
- Thomas a Kempis
He who has made you what you are has the right to require that you should be wholly His.
- St. Augustine.
There is nothing that endureth, nothing that abideth on this earth, of which the body of Adam and his sons were formed. Then in all thy works, whatever they may be, wherever thou goest, to what place soever thou proceedest, remember the end of life, and the last hour, which shall come at a time thou thinkest not.
- Thomas a Kempis
He who has made you what you are has the right to require that you should be wholly His.
- St. Augustine.
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