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Strength Against Slander

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The Twenty-Eighth Chapter of The Imitation of Christ

Strength Against Slander

The Voice of Christ
“MY CHILD, do not take it to heart if some people think badly of you and say unpleasant things about you. You ought to think worse things of yourself and to believe that no one is weaker than yourself. Moreover, if you walk in the spirit you will pay little heed to fleeting words. It is no small prudence to remain silent in evil times, to turn inwardly to Me, and not to be disturbed by human opinions. Do not let your peace depend on the words of men. Their thinking well or badly of you does not make you different from what you are. Where are true peace and glory? Are they not in Me? He who neither cares to please men nor fears to displease them will enjoy great peace, for all unrest and distraction of the senses arise out of disorderly love and vain fear.”

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Husband & Father, Joe McClane is also the Director of Programming for the Guadalupe Radio Network, and talk show host of “Catholic Drive Time: Keeping you informed and inspired” on the Guadalupe Radio Network... and beyond. https://www.grnonline.com/en/cdt He is also the President of ChiRho Impact Media, Executive Producer of "The Other Side of Fear: Facing the father wound" feature documentary film, and formally the Director and Events Coordinator for the Fullness Of Truth Catholic Evangelization Ministries. Joe is also the author of “Muscle Memory: Beating The Porn Temptation,” as well as the first chapter of “Delivered” published by Catholic Answers.

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