At the beginning of the new academic year is noticeable among the brothers, this special student movement, mobilizing for the urgent applying a promise to his academic duties. The thing is commendable so far, except for empty promises, it will put this ideal into practice. And of course if the drive for knowledge, do not lose sight of the vision of what really counts in life is the most Catholic:
TRUTH ABOUT SCIENCE
Happy, whom the truth about itself teaches, not by passing the voices and images, but by being things. Thoughts and feelings often deceive us and show incomplete and reality. For what this whole drill puzzles and ambiguities, when the Court, no one to blame for this, that we do not understand something? How silly is that we neglect the important and necessary things, and we involve destructive and frivolous. We have eyes, but not seen.
Why should we worry about division and differentiation? The one who speaks to the eternal Word, is freed from all complexities. Everything comes from one word and everything he says about one thing: this is just the beginning, which speaks to us. Without it, no one will understand and actually do not understand. This, for whom everything is one and it all comes down to one, and who sees that everything is contained in one can be steadfast and continue the peace in God. O Truth, O God, deign to unite me with you in love uninflected. How often disgusts me a lot of what I read and hear: in you is everything I want and I want to. Let the wise men were silent, let them go silent in front of you every creature, Thou alone speak to me. The
who is more focused on themselves and their heart imbued with simplicity, the more the more sublime matters easily realizes he opens up to welcome the light of wisdom. A spirit pure, simple and tenacious not dispersed in the unnecessary bustle, because everything is done for the glory of God, and in the depths of lies, without any personal greed. What bothers you more than the torments and insurmountable heartache? A good and pious man, first put in order its internal affairs, before going to work out. Then they do not distract him to the desires born of the evil inclination, but the deer directs them to nobler plane of reason. And who bravely fights than he who trying to beat yourself? That should be our task: to beat myself really, to become more and more every day mężniejszym, getting better in this fight.
For each of excellence in life stirred something imperfect, and no inquiry is not free from the shadows. Humble yourself confidently knowing leads to God rather than deep scientific deliberation. Knowledge and learning about the world simply is not reprehensible, because they are good in themselves and given to us from God, but always more important is a clean conscience and righteous life. Meanwhile, people trying to get more knowledge than the good life, so err and so little or no internal benefits apply.
[...] It is certain that in time the Court did not ask us what we read but what we did, or Have we just spoke, but if we lived according to God. Well, tell me, where are these all the sages and professors whom you knew so well, as long as they lived and walked in the glow of his knowledge? Their possessions have long since taken away, and do not know if they still remember. During his life seemed great, and this is no longer silent about them.
Oh, how quickly passes the glory of the world! If their lives were consistent with their learning! Then you might say: well, that have investigated and studied. How many of those who cared enough about the service of God, is drowning in an uncertain knowledge of his time. They prefer to be great than humble, therefore, are killed along with his thoughts. Truly great is he who has the great love. Truly great is he who in the depths of feeling small and for nothing has the highest dignity. A truly wise is he who has all earthly things, considers to be rubbish, if only to gain Christ. And a true scholar is one who does the will of God, and renounces his own will.
Thomas a Kempis , About Imitation of Christ, Book I, ch. 3; translation: Anna Kamienska
ed. JJW
text appeared for the first time in the fifth issue (September - October 2009) "Counter-
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