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.
Dom Lorenzo Scupoli
“…in order to attain it [Christian
perfection] you must resolve on a perpetual war with yourself and begin by providing
yourself with four weapons without which it is impossible to gain the victory
in this spiritual combat. These four things are: distrust of one’s self,
confidence in God, proper use of the faculties of body and mind, and the duty
of prayer.”
(From The
Spiritual Combat and a Treatise On Peace of Soul)
Paul Evdokimov
“St. Teresa of Avila used to say
that to pray is to treat God like a friend. The essence of prayer is to hear
not only the voice of Christ, but the voice of each person I meet, in whom
Christ also addresses me. His voice comes to me in every human voice, and his
face is infinitely varied. It is present in the face of the wayfarer on the road
to Emmaus; it is present in the gardener speaking to Mary Magdalen; and it is
present in my next-door neighbor. God becomes incarnate so that man might
contemplate God’s face in every face. Perfect prayer seeks this presence of
Christ and recognizes it in every human face. The unique image of Christ is the
icon, but every human face is an icon of Christ, discovered by a prayerful
person.”
(From The Struggle
With God)
St. John XXIII
“Let men make all the technical
and economic progress they can, there will be no peace nor justice in the world
until they return to a sense of their dignity as creatures and sons of God, who
is the first and final cause of all created beings.”
(From Mater Et
Magistra)
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