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.
[What do people want and expect
from the priest:] "They need, desire and hope –
perhaps without thus consciously reasoning out such a need or hope – for a
priest who is a priest one hundred percent; a man who shows an ardent concern
for them by opening up new horizons for their souls, who exercises his ministry
without ceasing, and who has a big heart capable of understanding and loving
everyone, though at times his concern may not be reciprocated."
(From On The Priesthood)
St. Teresa of Calcutta
“We worship Christ in the Blessed Sacrament for four hours
every morning, and then we go out and find Him all day in the gutters of
Calcutta. Social workers can’t do that.”
(From The Wanderer Online Daily - July 29, 2017)
Father Francis Fernandez
“The real place of the laity is
not the sacristy, but the family, business, fashion and sport…fields of
endeavor in which in their own right they must try to bring God. The mission of
the laity must lead them to imbue family, work and the social order with the
Christian principles that raise these areas of human living to the supernatural
order and thus make them more human; the laity’s business is the dignity and
primacy of the human person, social solidarity, the sanctity of marriage,
responsible freedom, love for the truth, respect for justice on all levels, the
spirit of service, and the practice of mutual understanding and of charity…"
(From In Conversation With God, Vol 7:10.2)
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