Pondering Tidbits of Truth - July 20, 2023
St. Catherine of Siena
“There are two goals, vice and virtue, and both
require perseverance. If you would reach life, you must persevere in virtue,
and if you would reach eternal death, persevere in vice.”
(From
The Dialogue)
David Torkington
“[With respect to prayer]
the important point to remember is there is no magic formula no infallible
method or technique. There are just hundreds of different ways of prayer to do
one and the same thing. A means of prayer is good for you if it helps you, here
and now, to keep gently turning your heart back to God. What might help you at
the beginning of your spiritual journey may be of no use later. What helps in
the morning may not help in the evening. What helps you one minute might not
help you in the next. So please move from one method to another with complete
freedom. Remember that these methods are only means…methods of prayer change
as people change and as prayer develops with the years. Remember the words of
Dom John Chapman, ‘Pray as you can, not as you can't’.”
(From
The Primacy of Loving – The Spirituality of the Heart)
St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
“We fear the future because we are wasting today.”
(From
Mary’s Mantle)