Pondering Tidbits of Truth - January 13, 2022

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.

 

 

 

Johann Tauler, O.P.

"Everyone should do for his neighbor what his neighbor  cannot do so well as he, and in this way, by his love for others, he thanks God for His graces. Be sure of this: if we are not useful, profitable and helpful to our neighbor, we shall have much to answer for before God. The Gospel says that everyone will have to give an account of his stewardship. Each one of us has an obligation to pay back as best he can what he has received from God, because God gave it to him for the benefit of others."

(From Spiritual Conferences) 

 

St. Peter Julian Eymard

"Another characteristic of the charity of our Lord is humility. Our Lord did not regard Himself as anything but a servant of His Apostles. Never put your self above others; never believe yourselves greater than they on account of your learning or virtues."

(From The Eucharist and Human Perfection II)

 

St. Vincent de Paul

"Let each of us accept the truth of the following statement and try to make it our most fundamental principle: Christ's teaching will never let us down, while worldly wisdom always will. Christ Himself said that this sort of wisdom was like a house with nothing but sand as its foundation, while His own was like a building with solid rock as its foundation." 

(From Vincent de Paul and Louise de Marillac: Rules, Conferences, and Writings)