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.
Father Donald
H. Calloway, MIC
"Many saints have claimed to see angels during the Holy Sacrifice
of the Mass and during Eucharistic adoration. The angels are God's servants and
do His holy will. They pass unnoticed before our eyes, yet, when we attend Holy
Mass or Eucharistic adoration, we are surrounded by armies of holy angels. They
have no self-interest; their one desire is to serve and worship God. Like
soldiers on a battlefield, they fight for God and constantly await their
marching orders. It should be the same for you."
(From 30
Day Eucharistic Revival – A Retreat with St. Peter Julian Eymard)
St. John
Chrysostom
"There
is nothing to be dreaded in human ills except sin—not poverty, or disease, or
insult, or ill treatment, or dishonor, or death, which people call the worst of
evils. To those who love spiritual wisdom, these things are only the names of
disasters, names that have no substance. No, the true disaster is to offend
God, to do anything that displeases Him."
(From A Year
with the Church Fathers)
Dom Lorenzo
Scupoli
"No
creature ever loved Jesus Christ more ardently, nor showed more perfect
submission to His will, than Mary, His mother. If then, this Savior, immolated
for us sinners, gave His mother to us, an advocate and intercessor for all
time, she cannot but comply with His request, and will not refuse us her
assistance. Let us, then, not hesitate to implore her pity; let us have
recourse to her with great confidence in all our necessities, as she is an
inexhaustible source of blessing, bestowing her favors in proportion to the
confidence placed in her."
(From The
Spiritual Combat)
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