Pondering Tidbits of Truth - August 18, 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 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 absence of sorrow, but as a presence amid sorrow—the Lord’s presence. And it has meant peace not as an absence of turmoil, but as a presence amid turmoil. It has meant a Love that grieves with me when I grieve and laughs with me when I laugh.”

(From Dying to Live)

 

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