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.
Saint Augustine
“If you love God; draw to you all
those who gather around or live in your house, so that all will come to love Him
If you love the Body of Christ, which is the unity of the Church, impel everyone,
to rejoice in God and tell them with David: ‘Magnify with me the Lord, and let
us together praise His Holy Name' (Prov 21:28); and in this do not be
calculating or stingy, but rather win for the Lord all those you can by
whatever means possible, according to your abilities: exhorting them; bearing
them up, pleading with then; arguing with them and giving them the reasons for
the things of faith, with all gentleness and tact.”
(From Commentary on the Psalms)
Saint Vincent Ferrer
“…[God] never gives His grace to one who, having
available to him someone capable of instructing and directing him, chooses to
despise this most efficacious means of sanctification, believing that he is
sufficient unto himself and that by his efforts alone he can seek and find what
is necessary for salvation ... Another who, having a director, elects to obey
him without reserve and in everything will an-arrive more easily than he would
do if alone, although he might well possess a keen intelligence and have at
hand knowledgeable books on spiritual matters…
(From Treatise on the Spiritual Life)
St. Ambrose
“Stretch out your hand often by
doing favors for your neighbor, by protecting from harm one who suffers under
the weight of calumny; stretch out your hand to the poor man who begs from you;
stretch out your hand to the Lord, asking pardon for your sins. This is how you
stretch out your hand , and this is how you will be cured.”
(From Commentary on St. Luke’s Gospel)
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