Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

(Image Source: c athopic.com ) "Beloved Christ, would I were able to draw to Thy feet thousands of hearts willing to offer Thee the sweet odor of their adoration and love. Would that thousands of souls would come and attach themselves permanently to thy Tabernacle, there to consume themselves like living sanctuary lamps. Would that the whole world might fall in love with Thy adorable Eucharist and seek there, as in their source, the true consolation, the only hope and the most perfect love. Divine Eucharist, Thou art a perpetual manifestation of God's measureless love, and in Thee we receive His loving caresses. (Jose Guadalupe Trevino from The Holy Eucharist )  

    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. "The abominable sin of detraction is so prevalent at the present day that there is scarcely a society. a family an individual not guilty of it. There are some persons so perversely inclined that they cannot bear to hear any good of another, but are always alive to their neighbors faults, always ready to tear his character to pieces. Detraction is committed when we tell another’s real faults; calumny, when the fault we mention is not real but the invention of our malicious lies. Thus though we may not be guilty of calumny, how often does it happen that a person, from criticizing the failings of others which are generally known, is gradually led to mention some hidden and grave sin which robs him of his reputation and his honor! That the fault revealed is true in no manner saves the detractor from