"Umumnya, mempelajari teologi sering dianggap merugikan kerohanian. Demikian juga sebaliknya. Di satu sisi, problem ini normal, karena teologi dan hidup rohani adalah dua hal berbeda yang memerlukan integrasi. Tapi di sisi lain, teologi dan spiritualitas memiliki "isi" atau "obyek" yang sama (Tuhan), sehingga keduanya tak seharusnya bertentangan."

Leonard Sidharta

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The Imitation of Christ

Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471)

Book Two, The Eleventh Chapter
Few Love the Cross of Jesus

JESUS has always many who love His heavenly kingdom, but few who bear His cross. He has many who desire consolation, but few who care for trial. He finds many to share His table, but few to take part in His fasting. All desire to be happy with Him; few wish to suffer anything for Him. Many follow Him to the breaking of bread, but few to the drinking of the chalice of His passion. Many revere His miracles; few approach the shame of the Cross. Many love Him as long as they encounter no hardship; many praise and bless Him as long as they receive some comfort from Him. But if Jesus hides Himself and leaves them for a while, they fall either into complaints or into deep dejection. Those, on the contrary, who love Him for His own sake and not for any comfort of their own, bless Him in all trial and anguish of heart as well as in the bliss of consolation. Even if He should never give them consolation, yet they would continue to praise Him and wish always to give Him thanks. What power there is in pure love for Jesus—love that is free from all self-interest and self-love!
Do not those who always seek consolation deserve to be called mercenaries? Do not those who always think of their own profit and gain prove that they love themselves rather than Christ? Where can a man be found who desires to serve God for nothing? Rarely indeed is a man so spiritual as to strip himself of all things. And who shall find a man so truly poor in spirit as to be free from every creature? His value is like that of things brought from the most distant lands.

Which one are We?

Bagian Kedua, Pasal XI
Hal Tak Banyak Jumlah Orang Yang Mencintai Salib Kristus

Yesus memang mempunyai banyak pengikut yang ingin dimuliakan di surga, tetapi hanya sedikit yang bersedia memanggul salib bersama Dia. Banyak yang ingin menikmati penghiburan Yesus, tetapi hanya sedikit yang sanggup menderita pencobaanNya. Banyak sekali yang suka duduk makan besama Yesus, tetapi hanya sedikit yang bersedia ikut serta berpuasa dengan Dia. Semua orang ingin bersukacita dengan Yesus, tetapi hanya sedikit yang mau menderita sengsara bersama Dia. Memang banyak yang mengikut Yesus karena mujizatNya, tetapi sedikit yang mengikutiNya sampai ke salib, hinaan orang. Banyak yang mencintai Yesus selama tidak mengalami kesukaran. Banyak yang memuji dan melulurkan Yesus selama mereka menerima sekadar penghiburan dariNya. Namun, apabila mereka ditinggalkan Yesus sendirian, meskipun hanya sebentar saja, mulailah mereka berkeluh kesah atau jatuh ke dalam lembah kesedihan. Lain halnya dengan mereka yang mencintai Yesus melulu karena Yesus, dan bukan karena mereka itu mencari penghiburan bagi dirinya sendiri. Baik di waktu-waktu menderita pencobaan dan kesedihan hati maupun pada waktu memperoleh penghiburan yang sangat nikmat, mereka itu akan tetap memuji dan meluhurkan Dia. Dan andaikata Yesus tidak berkenan memberikan penghiburan kepada mereka, maka mereka akan tetap memuji dan berterima kasih kepadaNya.

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