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.
Father Achille Gagliardi
“All
perfection is found upon only two principles…The first principle is a very low
esteem for all created things but above all, for ourselves. This low esteem
should show itself, in practice, by renouncing ourselves and all
creatures…especially by manifesting contentment and cheerfulness when the Lord
takes from us any good The second principle is a very high esteem of God…From
this esteem there must certainly arise in us a great submission of will, and of
every power and faculty, to His greater glory, without any mingling of our own
interest, though it be ever so holy….there will be great conformity with the
Divine Will…”
(From A Year With the Saints – A Virtue for Every Month of the Year)
David Torkington
“The experience of true love is
only ever given, not to the person seeking pleasurable experiences for
themselves, but to the person seeking to give pleasure, fulfilment and
happiness to the one they love. The great mystery of God’s love for us is that,
although he demands that we love him by giving him praise, thanksgiving,
blessing and all honour and glory, it is not for his benefit but for ours. It
does nothing, nor can it ever do anything to further his own happiness, his own
fulfilment or his own honour and glory. And herein lies the secret of God’s
selfless plan for us all. For it is in encouraging us to love him, although he
gains nothing for himself, that we receive everything that we could possibly
hope or dream for, “The height and the depth; the breadth and the length of
God’s love that is beyond all understanding” (Ephesians 3:19).”
(From Wisdom of Christian Mystics – How To Pray The Christian Way)
St. Francis de Sales
“It
should be our principal business to conquer ourselves, and, from day to day, to
go on increasing in strength and perfection. Above all, however, it is
necessary for us to strive to conquer our little temptations, such as fits of
anger, suspicions, jealousies, envy, deceitfulness, vanity, attachment and evil
thoughts. For in this way we shall acquire strength to subdue greater ones.”
(From
Introduction to the Devout Life)
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