Pondering Tidbits of Truth October 10, 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.

St. Thomas Aquinas, O.P.

"As mariners are guided into port by the shining of a star, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary." 

(From Mary: Mother of God by Chukwueloka Okolo)

St. Rose of Lima

"If only mortals would learn how great it is to possess divine grace, how beautiful, how noble, how precious. How many riches it hides within itself, how many joys and delights! Without doubt they would devote all their care and concern to winning for themselves pains and afflictions. 

All men throughout the world would seek trouble, infirmities and torments, instead of good fortune, in order to attain the unfathomable treasure of grace. This is the reward and the final gain of patience. 

No one would complain about his cross or about troubles that might happen to him if he would come to know the scales on which they are weighed when they are distributed to men."

(From the Office of Readings on August 23)

St. Vincent Ferrer, O.P.  

"If you truly want to help the soul of your neighbor, you should approach God first with all your heart. Ask him simply to fill you with charity, the greatest of all virtues; with it you can accomplish what you desire."

(From The Wisdom of the Saints by Jill Haak Adels)