Ronald
Kempis who was for years the medical director of a tertiary hospital.
The other one is a wonderful edition of The Imitation of Christ by Thomas a
Kempis, a gift from Rizal's spiritual adviser.
Before bed, Corot was said to have read Thomas a
Kempis' devotional book The Imitation of Christ.
Strengthen our weakness, we beseech you, that we may do valiantly in this spiritual war; help us against our own negligence and cowardice, and defend us from the treachery of our unfaithful hearts; for Jesus Christ's sake.' (Prayer of Thomas a
Kempis).
7. "Nothing, how little so ever it be, if it is suffered for God's sake, can pass without merit in the sight of God." - Thomas a
KempisGeorge heard screaming and shouts and climbed to the bridge, although he was prevented from entering by Sub-Lieutenant
Kempis.
1173) and Thomas a
Kempis (1380-1471), not to mention St.
In the raw, existence is just one damned thing after another, and each of the damned things is simultaneously Thurber and Michelangelo, simultaneously Mickey Spillane and Thomas a
Kempis".'