Pondering Tidbits of Truth - February 24, 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.

 

 

 Venerable Louis of Granada, O.P.

“What can equal the blindness of him who sells eternal happiness for the fleeting and bitter pleasures of this world? How incomprehensible is the ignorance of him who neither fears Hell nor strives for Heaven; who feels no horror for sin; who disregards the menaces as well as the promises of God; who makes no preparation for death, which hourly seizes its victims; who does not see that momentary joys here, are laying up for him eternal torments hereafter! ‘They have not known or understood; they walk on in the darkness.’(Psalm 81:5) of sin through this life, and will pass from it to eternal darkness of the life to come.”

(From The Sinner's Guide)

 

 

James Monti

 “At a time when Catholics who love the Traditional Latin Mass are being marginalized and treated as outcasts whose very presence on parish grounds is being circumscribed lest they ‘contaminate’ their fellow Catholics, those who openly reject the most fundamental moral values of our faith are being invited to have a say in discussions as to what the future of the Church ought to be. Is this by any definition of the word ‘communion’?

No, the purveyors of heresy and moral depravity should not have any say in the formulation of Church doctrine. Abortion advocates and same-sex marriage propagandists do not deserve a place at the table in deciding what we as Catholics ought to believe. When our Lord dined with sinners, it was not for the purpose of making a compromise with them, of cutting a deal with them that would legitimize their life of sin and pass it off as just a different form of discipleship.

Both Pope St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI taught us that there are innumerable dogmas that are non-negotiable, that heresy must be called out for what it is and refuted, and that the Church’s engagement with the world will often require challenging and confronting the world.”

(From The Church Cannot Dialogue with Satan which appeared in Monti's February 10, 2022 column Restoring The Sacred,  in The Wanderer)

 

 

Laura Catherine Worhacz

“Mary lived a life of perpetual giving, perpetual offering, and perpetual serving. Mary's life was filled with a never-ending gift of herself to God; it pleased her to provide. By this example, we see how life can become a living prayer. When we become aware of the presence of God in every moment, we are taking part in a life of love. Offering one's daily duties to God obliges us to labor for the salvation of the souls whom He has entrusted to us. Each and every encounter, each and every person placed in our path is an opportunity for us to love Jesus.”

(From Consecration to Jesus Through Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament – 33 Days with Saint Peter Julian Eymard, Apostle of the Eucharist.)