Pondering Tidbits of
Truth is my simple and
inadequate way of providing nuggets of spiritual wisdom for you to chew on from
time to time.
St. Thomas Aquinas
Pope Francis
Paul is a nuisance; he is a man,
who with his preaching, his work, his attitude, irritates others, because
testifying to Jesus Christ and the proclamation of Jesus Christ makes us
uncomfortable, it threatens our comfort zones – even Christian comfort zones,
right? It irritates us. The Lord always wants us to move forward, forward,
forward – not to take refuge in a quiet life, or in cozy structures, no? And
Paul, in preaching of the Lord, was a nuisance. But he had deep within him that
most Christian of attitudes: Apostolic zeal.”
(Homily – May 16, 2013)
“Man needs to know two things:
the glory of God and the punishment of Hell. For through being drawn by His
glory and terrified by His punishments, men are careful on their own account
and refrain from sin.”
(The Treasury of Catholic Wisdom edited by Father John A. Hardon,
S.J.)
St. Pius X
"Venerable Brethren, We must
repeat with the utmost energy in these times of social and intellectual anarchy
when everyone takes it upon himself to teach as a teacher and lawmaker - the
City cannot be built otherwise than as God has built it; society cannot be
setup unless the Church lays the foundations and supervises the work; no, civilization
is not something yet to be found, nor is the New City to be built on hazy
notions; it has been in existence and still is: it is Christian civilization,
it is the Catholic City. It has only to be set up and restored continually
against the unremitting attacks of insane dreamers, rebels and miscreants.”
(Notre Charge Apostolique)
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