Pondering Tidbits of Truth - January 28, 2021



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.

 

 

 

Dr. Peter Kwasniewski

"At this time in history, with news crashing on upon us from every side - mostly bad news, and some of it frankly scandalous in the extreme, as it reveals the callous complicity with, approbation of, and dedication to evil on the part of many in the hierarchy of the Church, who were supposed to be our guides to holiness and our models of it - nothing could be better than for us to go regularly before the Lord in Adoration. Fair weather or foul, super-busy or at loose ends, it doesn't matter; this is what we should be doing for our Church, for our clergy, for ourselves. This is what Our Lord is waiting for: a sign from us, an unmistakable sign, that we love Him for His own sake, and above all things on earth. When enough of us are taking real steps to love Him in exactly this way - with our whole mind, our whole heart, our whole soul, and our whole strength - we may then count on a new flood of graces inundating the Church."

(From The Holy Bread of Eternal Life - Restoring Eucharistic Reverence in an Age of Impiety) 

 

 Father Jean-Pierre de Caussade, S.J.

"I proclaim it openly so that everyone may know that sanctification consists of enduring moment by moment all the trials and tribulations it [Divine providence] brings, as though they were clouds behind which God lay concealed."

(From The Sacrament of the Present Moment)


 

Venerable Bruno Lanteri

" 'Let us fix our gaze of faith on the Crucifix'. Do you have a Crucifix at hand? On your wall? Do you ever 'fix your gaze' on it? Place a crucifix where you can see it. Frequently, and especially in times of suffering, fix your gaze of faith on the Crucifix. There you will see every kind of bodily pain - head, face, back, feet, hands - and every kind of emotional pain - isolation, abandonment, betrayal, unjust condemnation, ingratitude. Where you are, He has been. He understands. He shares your pain with you. 'Let us then accept from His hand every occasion of suffering and of practicing virtue'."

(From Overcoming Spiritual Discouragement - The Wisdom and Spiritual Power of Venerable Bruno Lanteri)

 

 

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