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Podcast: The Commentaries
Episode: 16. The Imitation of Christ: The Best and Fairest Room
Description: Book 4, Chapter 12 of The Imitation of Christ tells us how to properly prepare to receive the Holy Eucharist. "Shut out the whole world, and all the tumult of vices: sit like a sparrow solitary on the housetop, and think in your excess and in the bitterness of your soul. For every lover prepares the best and fairest room for his dearly beloved; and hereby is known the affection of him that entertains his beloved."Fr. Robert Nixon thinks this section on the Blessed Sacrament is particularly important. "We need to try to put things in order. If...