O ETERNAL Lord God, who oldest all souls in life: We beseech thee to shed forth upon thy whole Church in paradise and on earth the bright beams of thy light and thy peace; and grant that we, following the good examples of thy servant Thomas, and of all those who loved and served thee here, may at the last enter with them into thine unending joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471) was born in the village of Kempen near
Düsseldorf, Germany. The most famous work of Thomas a Kempis is The
Imitation of Christ, which has endured for over 500 years and has
been translated into more languages than any other book.
