Pondering Tidbits of Truth - December 8, 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.
Robert Cardinal Sarah
“Noise surrounds us and
assaults us. The noise of our ceaselessly active cities, the noise of
automobiles, airplanes, machines outside and inside our houses. Besides this
noise that is imposed on us. There are other noises that we ourselves produce
or choose. Such as the soundtrack of our everyday routine. This noise,
unconsciously, often has a function that we do not dare admit: it masks and
stifles another sound, the one that occupies and invades our interior life. How
can we not be astonished by the efforts that we constantly make to stifle God’s
silences.”
(From The Power of Silence)
Madeliene Delbrel, Servant of God
“At the beginning of each hour of the
long day, we could say 'I must begin this hour as if I were going to be a martyr,
and a witness' - because there is not one second we have the right to let God’s
Word lie dormant in us.”
(From We, The Ordinary People of the Street)
Father Gabriele Amorth
“Satan has had a large group of followers since God first created man. Therefore, man has always had to struggle against the temptations and possessions of the demons who act out of hatred of God. But today there is a denial of God that is to be feared. Today man has been able to impose a culture in which reason and science are enough to explain everything. God, from whom everything comes, is denied. And the result is mathematical: whoever denounces God gives himself over to the devil and to all his works. The Lord has spoken clearly: either you are with Christ or you are with Satan. There are no alternatives or half measures. Today, as never before, there are many who either believe in Satan or believe that he does not exist Thus, he can operate in total liberty tempting and tormenting men in a thousand ways, without having them think that these evils come from him.”
(From The Devil Is Afraid of Me)