Timeless wisdom from The Cloud, St. John of the Cross, and Thomas à Kempis
Some books arrive at just the right time and others wait patiently until we’re ready to read them. The great spiritual classics of Christianity often fall into the second category. Their language can feel distant at times, their worldview shaped by medieval or early modern thought — but to dismiss them for that would be like walking away from a stained-glass window because the glass is old.
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