Pondering Tidbits of Truth - August 1, 2024
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.
St. Bonaventure
"If you would suffer with
patience the adversities and miseries of this life, be a man of prayer. If
you would obtain courage and strength to conquer the temptations of the
enemy, be a man of prayer. If you would mortify your own will with all its inclinations
and appetites, be a man of prayer. If you would know the wiles of Satan and
unmask his deceits, be a man of prayer. If you would live in joy and walk
pleasantly in the ways of penance, be a man of prayer. If you would banish
from you soul the troublesome flies of vain thoughts and cares, be a man of
prayer. If you would nourish your soul with the very sap of devotion, and
keep it always full of good thoughts and good desires, be a man of prayer. If
you would strengthen and keep up your courage in the ways of God, be a man of
prayer. In fine, if you would uproot all vices from your soul and plant all
virtues in their place, be a man of prayer. It is in prayer that we receive
the unction and grace of the Holy Ghost, who teaches all things."
(From The Ways of Mental
Prayer)
St. Catherine Of Siena
"Consider that the love of
divine charity is so closely joined in the soul with perfect patience, that
neither can leave the soul without the other. For this reason (if the soul
elect to love Me) she should elect to endure pains for Me in whatever mode or
circumstance I may send them to her. Patience cannot be proved in any other
way than by suffering, and patience is united with love as has been said.
Therefore bear yourselves with manly courage, for, unless you do so, you will
not prove yourselves to be spouses of My Truth, and faithful children, nor of
the company of those who relish the taste of My honor, and the salvation of
souls."
(From The Dialogue)
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Thomas à Kempis “We will never be free of trials
and temptations as long as our earthly life lasts. For Job has said: 'Is not
the life of human beings on earth a drudgery?' (Job 7:1). Therefore, we should
always be on our guard against temptations, always praying that our enemy, the
devil, 'who never sleeps but constantly looks for someone to devour.' (1 Pet
5:8), will not catch us off guard. No one in this world is so perfect or holy
as not to have temptations sometimes. We can never be entirely free from them.
Sometimes these temptations can be very severe and troublesome, but if we
resist them, they will be very useful to us; for by experiencing them we are
humbled, cleansed, and instructed. All the Saints endured tribulations and
temptations and profited by them, while those who did not resist and overcome
them fell away and were lost. There is no place so holy or remote where you
will not meet with temptation, nor is there anyone completely free from it in
this life; for in our body we bear the wounds of sin—the weakness of our human
nature in which we are born."
(From The Imitation of Christ)
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