Book 4, Chapter 4: "The Many Good Things Are Given to Those Who Devoutly Receive Communion"

The Imitation of Christ - Book 1

• The Imitation of Christ - Preface
• Book 1, Chapter 1: "Of The Imitation of Christ"
• Book 1, Chapter 2: "Of Having a Humble Opinion about Yourself"
• Book 1, Chapter 3: "Of the Teaching of Truth"
• Book 1, Chapter 4: "Of Thinking before You Act"
• Book 1, Chapter 5: "Of Reading Holy Writings"
• Book 1, Chapter 6: "Of Confused Feelings"
• Book 1, Chapter 7: "Of Avoiding Empty Hope and Self-Praise"
• Book 1, Chapter 8: "Of Avoiding Inappropriate Intimacy"
• Book 1, Chapter 9: "Of Obedience for Those under Religious Vows"
• Book 1, Chapter 10: "Of Avoiding Unnecessary Talk"
• Book 1, Chapter 11: "Of Finding Peace and Making Spiritual Progress"
• Book 1, Chapter 12: "Of Putting Troubles to Use"
• Book 1, Chapter 13: "Of Resisting Temptations"
• Book 1, Chapter 14: "Of Avoiding Hasty Judements"
• Book 1, Chapter 15: "Of Works Done Out of Love"
• Book 1, Chapter 16: "Of Putting Up with Others' Faults"
• Book 1, Chapter 17: "Of the Monastic Life"
• Book 1, Chapter 18: "Of the Examples of the Holy Fathers"
• Book 1, Chapter 19: "Of the Training of a Good Religious Person"
• Book 1, Chapter 20: "Of the Love of Solitude and Silence
• Book 1, Chapter 21: "Of Heartfelt Remorse"
• Book 1, Chapter 22: "Of Human Misery"
• Book 1, Chapter 23: "Of Thinking about Death"
• Book 1, Chapter 24: "Of Judement and Punishment"
• Book 1, Chapter 25: "Of Improving Our Lives"

The Imitation of Christ - Book 2

• Book 2, Chapter 1: "Of God Speaking within You"
• Book 2, Chapter 2: "Of Placing Your Life in God's Hands"
• Book 2, Chapter 3: "Of the Good and Peaceful Person"
• Book 2, Chapter 4: "Of Pure Feelings and Simple Intentions"
• Book 2, Chapter 5: "Of Paying Attention to One's Self"
• Book 2, Chapter 6: "Of the Joy of a Good Conscience"
• Book 2, Chapter 7: "Of Loving Jesus above All Else"
• Book 2, Chapter 8: "Of Intimate Frienship with Jesus"
• Book 2, Chapter 9: "Of Emptiness"
• Book 2, Chapter 10: "Of Gratitude for God's Grace"
• Book 2, Chapter 11: "Of the Few Who Love Jesus' Cross"
• Book 2, Chapter 12: "Of the Royal Road of the Holy Cross"

The Imitation of Christ - Book 3

• Book 3, Chapter 1: "Of Christ Speaking in Your Own Heart"
• Book 3, Chapter 2: "That Truth Speaks Quietly to the Heart"
• Book 3, Chapter 3: "That We Should Listen to God's Words with Deep Humility and Serious Intent"
• Book 3, Chapter 4: "That We Should Live in God's Presence in Truth and Humility"
• Book 3, Chapter 5: "Of the Wonderful Effects of God's Love"
• Book 3, Chapter 6: "Of the Proof of a True Lover"
• Book 3, Chapter 7: "Of Protecting Grace with Humility"
• Book 3, Chapter 8: "Of Humility before God"
• Book 3, Chapter 9: "That All Things Come from God and Must Return to God"
• Book 3, Chapter 10: "Of How Good It Is to Serve God"
• Book 3, Chapter 11: "That Feelings May Not Always Be What They Seem"
• Book 3, Chapter 12: "Of Patience"
• Book 3, Chapter 13: "Of Obedience and Humility"
• Book 3, Chapter 14: "Of Seeing Ourselves Through God's Eyes"
• Book 3, Chapter 15: "Of What We Are to Do and Say about All Our Desires"
• Book 3, Chapter 16: "That We Are to Seek True Comfort in God Alone"
• Book 3, Chapter 17: "That We Should Take All Our Cares to God"
• Book 3, Chapter 18: "That We Should Bear Our Hardships Patiently after Christ's Example"
• Book 3, Chapter 19: "Of Bearing Injuries and the Proof of True Patience"
• Book 3, Chapter 20: "Of Admitting Our Own Weaknesses"
• Book 3, Chapter 21: "That We Should Rest in God above All Else"
• Book 3, Chapter 22: "Of Remembering God's Many Blessings"
• Book 3, Chapter 23: "Of Four Things that Bring Great Peace"
• Book 3, Chapter 24: "Of Avoiding Curiosity about Other People's Lives"
• Book 3, Chapter 25: "Of True Peace of Heart"
• Book 3, Chapter 26: "That True Freedom Comes More from Humble Prayer than from Much Reading"
• Book 3, Chapter 27: "That Self-Love Blocks Us from Obtaining the Highest Good"
• Book 3, Chapter 28: "Of Those Who Speak Against Us"
• Book 3, Chapter 29: "Of How We Should Bless God in Times of Trial"
• Book 3, Chapter 30: "Of Asking for God's Help"
• Book 3, Chapter 31: "Of Setting Aside All Created Things That We May Find the Creator"
• Book 3, Chapter 32: "Of Growing beyond Self"
• Book 3, Chapter 33: "Of Our Changing Hearts and of Focusing Our Sight on God"
• Book 3, Chapter 34: "That the Person Who Loves God Enjoys Him above All and in All"
• Book 3, Chapter 35: "That There Is No Freedom from Temptation in This Life"
• Book 3, Chapter 36: "That You Should Not Worry about What Other People May Say about You"
• Book 3, Chapter 37: "Of Gaining a Free Heart through Total Self-Surrender"
• Book 3, Chapter 38: "Of Controlling Our Behavior and of Running to God in Time of Danger"
• Book 3, Chapter 39: "That a Person Must Not Be Overly Eager in His Affairs"
• Book 3, Chapter 40: "That All a Person's Goodness Comes from God, Not from Himself"
• Book 3, Chapter 41: "Of Seeing All Worldly Honor as Nothing"
• Book 3, Chapter 42: "That Peace Does Not Depend on Other People"
• Book 3, Chapter 43: "Against Arrogant Learning"
• Book 3, Chapter 44: "Of Minding Our Own Business"
• Book 3, Chapter 45: "That We Should Not Believe Everything We Hear and of How Easy It Is to Speak Ill of Others"
• Book 3, Chapter 46: "Of Having Confidence in God When Sharp Words Attack Us"
• Book 3, Chapter 47: "That All Burdens Are to be Endured for the Sake of Eternal Life"
• Book 3, Chapter 48: "Of Life and of Eternity"
• Book 3, Chapter 49: "Of Longing for Eternal Life and of the Promise It Holds"
• Book 3, Chapter 50: "How a Lonely Person Should Place Himself in God's Hands"
• Book 3, Chapter 51: "That We Must Perform Humble Works When We Are Unable to Perform Higher Ones"
• Book 3, Chapter 52: "That We Should Not Think Ourselves Worthy of Comfort but Deserving of Correction"
• Book 3, Chapter 53: "That God's Grace Does Not Mix with the Wisdom of the World"
• Book 3, Chapter 54: "Of the Differing Movements of Nature and Grace"
• Book 3, Chapter 55: "Of Fallen Nature and of the Effect of Divine Grace"
• Book 3, Chapter 56: "That We Should Turn from Ourselves and Imitate Christ by Way of the Cross"
• Book 3, Chapter 57: "That We Should Not Be Too Dejected When We Fail"
• Book 3, Chapter 58: "Of Not Prying into Things That Are beyond Our Understanding"
• Book 3, Chapter 59: "That All Hope and Trust Should Be Fixed on God Alone"

The Imitation of Christ - Book 4

• Book 4, Chapter 1: "With What Great Reverence Christ Should Be Received"
• Book 4, Chapter 2: "What Great Goodness and Love God Shows to Us in This Sacrament"
• Book 4, Chapter 3: "How It Is Helpful to Receive Communion Often"
• Book 4, Chapter 4: "The Many Good Things Are Given to Those Who Devoutly Receive Communion"
• Book 4, Chapter 5: "Of the Dignity of the Sacrament and of the Priesthood"
• Book 4, Chapter 6: "The Question of Preparing before Communion"
• Book 4, Chapter 7: "Of Examining One's Conscience, and of Planning to Change for the Better"
• Book 4, Chapter 8: "Of Christ's Offering on the Cross, and of Our Own Self-Surrender"
• Book 4, Chapter 9: "That We Ought to Offer Ourselves and All That Is Ours to God, and That We Ought to Pray for All Others"
• Book 4, Chapter 10: "That Holy Communication Is Not to Be Lightly Omitted"
• Book 4, Chapter 11: "That the Body of Christ and the Holy Scriptures Are Most Necessary to the Faithful Soul"
• Book 4, Chapter 12: "That Receiving Christ in Holy Communion Requires Preparation"
• Book 4, Chapter 13: "That a Devout Soul Should Wish Wholeheartedly to Be United with Christ in the Sacrament"
• Book 4, Chapter 14: "Of the Ardent Desire of Some Devout People to Receive the Body of Christ"
• Book 4, Chapter 15: "That the Grace of Devotion Is Gained by Humility"
• Book 4, Chapter 16: "That We Should Make Our Needs Known to Christ and Ask for His Help"
• Book 4, Chapter 17: "Of Burning Love and Strong Desire to Receive Christ"
• Book 4, Chapter 18: "That We Should Not Pry into This Sacrament Out of Curiosity"