Pondering Tidbits of Truth - September 26, 2019
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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
Cardinal Robert Sarah
“I wish to underline a very important fact here: God, not man is at the
center of Catholic liturgy. We come to worship Him. The liturgy is not about
you and me; it is not where we celebrate our own identity or achievements or
exalt or promote our own culture and local religious customs. The liturgy is first
and foremost about God and what He has done for us.”
(Presentation to Sacra Liturgia Conference)
Saint Maximilian Kolbe
"In order to show me close up
how ardently Thou lovest me, Thou comest from the purest delights of Heaven
down to this dirty, miserable earth, spend Thy life in poverty, adversities and
sufferings - finally to hang, despised, ridiculed
and overwhelmed with pain, between two thieves on the shameful gibbet. By sacrificing
Thyself in this horrible way, Thou hast redeemed me, O God of love! Who could have
imagined it?
But that was not enough. Thou saw
that, from the time when Thou pourest out these proofs of Thy immense love,
nineteen centuries would pass before I appeared on this earth. Thy heart could
not tolerate the thought that I should have to nourish myself solely on
memories of Thy great love. Thou remained here on this small earth in the Most
Blessed Sacrament of the altar and Thou come and unite Thyself with me - truly,
under the form of food………and Thy Blood flows in my veins, Thy soul, O incarnate
God, permeates my soul, strengthens and nourishes it. What a miracle! Who could
ever have imagined such a thing? What more could Thou hast given me, O God,
than Thyself to be my own possession?"
Pope Leo XIII
"To recoil before an enemy, or to keep silence when
from all sides such clamors are raised against truth, is the part of a man
either devoid of character or who entertains doubt as to the truth of what he
professes to believe. The only ones who win when Christians stay quiet are the
enemies of truth. The silence of Catholics is particularly disturbing because
frequently a few bold words would have vanquished the false ideas. Christians are born for combat."
(From Encyclical Sapientiae Christianae - Christians As Citizens)
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