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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.
M. Eugene Boylan,
O.C.R.
“We have our own plans for our
happiness, and too often we look upon God as someone who will help us to carry
them out. The true state of affairs is invariably the reverse of this. God has
his own perfect plans for our happiness, and is waiting for us to help him
carry them out. And let it be clear that we can in no way improve on God's
plans.”
(From This Tremendous Lover)
St. Alphonsus Liguori
"The
devil does not bring sinners to hell with their eyes open; he first
blinds them with the malice of their own sins. Before we fall into sin,
the enemy labors to blind us that we may not see the evil we do and the
ruin we bring upon ourselves by offending God. After we commit sin, he
seeks to make us dumb, that through shame, we may conceal our guilt in
confession."
Dacrian
"Flatter yourself as much as you like, persuade yourself as
you please, concoct as many excuses and pretexts as you find suitable: you are
obliged to aspire after perfection with all your powers. Such is the case and
not otherwise. If you have not known it up to now, you are no longer ignorant
of it; I have informed you. You are bound and obliged; bound and obliged you
remain. You say that you cannot arrive at such great perfection? What is the
meaning of your mistrust? Do you not know that divine power can do more than
human weakness can even conceive? I admit that by yourself you cannot indeed
attain to it; but God can certainly bring you to it. Hope in God; place your
confidence in Him; help yourself as much as you can on your part; and do not
fear that, in acting thus, you will ever want for His grace and
assistance."
(Quoted in A Treatise on the Spiritual Life by St. Vincent Ferrer)
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