Pondering Tidbits of Truth - March 28, 2019

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.

 


Venerable Fulton J. Sheen

The Church believes that a holy hour spent before the Blessed Sacrament does more good for the well-being of the world than whole days spent in talking about progress to the utter oblivion of the fact that the only true progress consists in the diminution of the traces of original sin; she believes that a penitent returning to God is of far more consequence than the cancellation of war debts; that an increase of sanctifying grace in a soul is of far more value than the increase of international credit; that a group of cloistered nuns in prayer are more effective in preserving world peace than a group of world politicians discussing peace to the forgetfulness of the Prince of Peace.

(From Manifestations of Christ)

God the Father to St. Catherine of Siena

"A man more readily sees spots on his face when he looks in a mirror. So [too] the soul who with true knowledge of self, rises with desire and gazes with the eye of the intellect at herself in the sweet mirror of God knows better the stain of her own face by the purity which she sees in Him."

(From Words of Faith)

Meister Eckhart, O.P.

"Love God the same way in everything. Love God as quickly in poverty as in wealth. Seek God in sickness as well as in health. Look for God when you are tempted, and look for him when you’re not tempted. Discover God in suffering and in pleasantness. It is like carrying two buckets. If one is heavy, the other feels lighter. The more you abandon yourself, the easier it will be to abandon. If you love God, you will be able to renounce the whole earth as though it were an egg. The more you give, the easier it is to give. The followers of Christ discovered that the heavier their suffering, the easier they could endure it." 

(From A Little Book of Eternal Wisdom)