Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

"No one loves us more than our God. He Who is Love waits [in His tabernacle] for us. How blessed we are to be able to come into His Presence. Why don't we?" (From Stirring Slumbering Souls 250 Eucharistic Reflections )

 

    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 Bruno Lanteri “Keep constantly before you these two proposals that I urge you to renew often and with the holy persistence: first,   never to offend God knowingly and second, if you should fall, never to persevere in this with your will, but, with humility and courage, to rise immediately and begin again, firmly convinced that God forgives you in the instant itself that with humility and trust, you ask His forgiveness." (From Overcoming Spiritual Encouragement )     Venerable Edel Mary Quinn  "If we knew we could find Him anywhere on earth, we would try to go there. We have Him, every free moment, on the altar. Be with Him there." (From Stirring Slumbering Souls – 250 Eucharistic Reflections )     Ian Murphy “For me, Catholicism has meant joy not as an...

I Thirst For Your Love   is a dangerous book - one that will have you looking at our Eucharistic Lord with different eyes and a more welcoming heart. Be careful. You may not want to read this tome even though it has received the Seal of Approval from the Catholic Writers Guild. Why? It can change your life.  If you are willing to take a chance and cast spiritual caution to the wind click here and get a FREE PDF copy .  Maybe the following comments from several readers might give you the courage to click that link:      "[The author] has written a book full of little reminders as eye-opening as they are stimulating and, in some cases, conscience pricking. We are taken on a journey of considerations surrounding our behavior and attitudes toward Eucharistic Adoration and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass with the effect of stirring us to spend more time with Our Lord in Adoration and being more focused and attentive at Mass...I think this book needs to be...

 

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons )   "There are times when physical lassitude, cold or heat, an importunate thought, a trial with its sting still fresh, baffles every effort to fix the mind on the subject of prayer and concentrates the whole attention on what, for the moment, is all-absorbing. Times harder still to manage, when mind and heart are so absolutely vacant and callous that there is no rousing them to action. This reflection will sometimes be helpful, then: What should I have to say were I in the presence of the one I loved best in the world; with whom I am quite at my ease; my friend par excellence ; to whom my trials, difficulties, character, the secrets of my soul are known; that one in whose concerns and welfare I take the deepest interest; whose plans and views are mine, discussed again and again together; in whose company time flies and the hour of parting comes too soon — what should I find to say? Say it, make an effort to say it to Him Who is in the tab...