Pondering Tidbits of Truth - October 29, 2020

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.

  

 

 

Archbishop Joseph Raya

“Faith doesn’t mean you can’t panic. Mary and Joseph almost certainly panicked when they lost Jesus in the temple. What it means is that you keep on going even if you do panic. You just do whatever is right in front of you, and keep on going, in faith that it will all work out.”

 (From July-August 2020 issue of RESTORATION published by Madonna House)

 

 

Dan Burke

“No matter how [spiritual] consolation specifically surfaces within us, if it is authentic, it will always draw us to submit to the magisterium of the Church and to God’s will and ways. It is really no more complicated than that. The challenge is that if we are not well catechized – and most of us are not – we may not understand or even notice when we are led astray. By God’s grace we have a catechism that addresses all the most important topics of our faith. The more we know our faith, the better our practice of discernment will be.”

(From Spiritual Warfare and the Discernment of Spirits)

 

Pope Benedict XVI

 “A first essential setting for learning hope is prayer. When no one listens to me anymore, God still listens to me. When I can no longer talk to anyone or call upon anyone, I can always talk to God. When there is no longer anyone to help me deal with a need or expectation that goes beyond the human capacity for hope, He can help me.”

 (From On Christian Hope)