Chapter 4PMLC.1.4
Tractatus Prior, Pars Prior, Cap. 4. De nativitate ac paupertate Domini lesu. 25
Tractatus Prior, Pars Prior, Cap. 4. De nativitate ac paupertate Domini lesu. 25
I bless you and give thanks to you, Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, who alone was born ineffably before all things, and who has graciously made those joyful heralds of your birth.
Read the original Latin
Benedico et gratias ago tibi, Domine lesu Christe, ex patre patris unice, qui solus ante principium natus ineffabiliter dignatus es ex maxima hunere, quos tuae nativitatis laetos fecisti esse praecones.
Prayers and Meditations on the Life of Christ companion
à Kempis wrote 86 of these — you've prayed 8
The full cycle, from the creation of man to Pentecost, runs as free daily devotionals in Chosen Portion.
à Kempis structured the work as day-by-day thanksgiving over the whole life of Christ, and Chosen Portion runs that original cycle as a modern daily devotional from creation to Pentecost.
- All 86 meditations in modern readable English, one per day — about three months of guided prayer
- Resurrection-appearance meditations (21 chapters) continue your Eastertide after the guide ends
- Daily reminder plus progress tracking, so the practice survives past Holy Week