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by Thomas à Kempis (1379/80 - 1471)

Qualiter standum sit ad dicendum in omni re desiderabili
Language: Latin 
Fili, si dicas in omni re: Domine, 
si tibi placitum fuerit, fiat hoc ita;
Domine, si sit honor tuus, fiat in nomine tuo hoc; 
Domine, si mihi videris expedire et utile esse probaveris,
tunc da mihi hoc uti ad honorem tuum. 
Sed si mihi nocivum fore cognoveris, 
nec animæ meæ saluti prodesse, aufer a me 
tale desiderium. Non enim omne desiderium 
a Spiritu Sancto est, etiamsi homini videatur justum, 
rectum et bonum. Difficile est pro vero judicare, 
an spiritus bonus, aut malus te impellat 
ad desiderandum hoc vel illud, an etiam ex proprio 
movearis spiritu. Multi in fine sunt decepti, 
qui primo bono spiritu videbantur inducti.

Igitur semper cum timore Dei, et humilitate 
cordis desiderandum est et petendum, 
quidquid desiderabile menti occurrit, maximeque 
cum propria resignatione mihi totum committendum est 
atque dicendum. Domine, tu scis qualiter melius est 
mihi hoc vel illud; sicut volueris, da mihi quod vis 
et quantum vis et quando vis. Fac mecum sicut scis 
et sicut tibi magis placuerit, et major honor fuerit tuus. 
Pone me ubi vis, et liber age mecum in omnibus. 
In manu tua ego sum, gira et reversa me per circuitum. 
En ego servus tuus paratus ad omnia: quoniam 
non desidero mihi vivere, sed tibi, utinam digne et perfecte.

Oratio pro beneplacito faciendo Dei.

Concede mihi, benignissime Jesu, gratiam tuam, 
ut mecum sit et mecum laboret, mecumque usque 
in finem perseveret. Da mihi semper desiderare, 
et velle quod tibi magis acceptum est, et charius placet. 
Tua voluntas mea sit, et mea voluntas tuam sequatur 
semper, et optime ei concordet. Sit mihi unum velle, 
et unum nolle tecum: nec aliud posse velle, 
aut nolle nisi quod vis, aut nolis.

Da mihi omnibus mori quæ in mundo sunt, 
et propter te amare contemni, et nesciri in hoc sæculo. 
Da mihi super omnia desiderata in te quiescere, 
et cor meum in te pacificare. Tu vera pax cordis, 
tu sola requies; extra te omnia sunt dura, 
et inquieta. In hac pace in idipsum, hoc est in 
te uno et summo et æterno bono, dormiam et requiescam. Amen.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas à Kempis (1379/80 - 1471), "Qualiter standum sit ad dicendum in omni re desiderabili", appears in De Imitatione Christi, Book III, chapter 15 (also known as chapter 52) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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  • Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Jacqueline E. van der Waals (1868 - 1922) , no title, appears in Gebroken kleuren [an adaptation] ; composed by Henk Bijvanck, J. L. van den Broeke, Antonius Wilhelmus Rijp, Cornelis Theodorus, Theo Van der Bijl, Catharina Van Rennes.
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This text was added to the website: 2023-04-27
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