Pondering Tidbits of Truth - April 10, 2025

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.

Ven. Fulton J. Sheen 

“In silence there is humility of spirit…In such the ear is more important than the tongue. God speaks…a soul learns Wisdom by being responsive to [God’s] will. The scientist does not tell nature its laws; nature tells the scientist. Man does not tell or impose his will on God; in silence, like Mary, he awaits the Annunciation.”

Sheen Institute – Reflection April 8, 2025

 

Father Jean-Pierre de Caussade, S.J.

"The soul that does not attach itself solely to the will of God will find neither satisfaction nor sanctification in any other means, however excellent by which it may attempt to gain them. If that which God Himself chooses for you does not content you, from whom do you expect to obtain what you desire? ...It is only just, therefore, that the soul that is dissatisfied with the divine action for each present moment should be punished by being unable to find happiness in anything else." (From Abandonment to Divine Providence)

Robert Cardinal Sarah

“The desert is the place of hunger, thirst, and the spiritual combat. It is vitally important to withdraw to the desert in order to combat the dictatorship of a world filled with idols that gorge themselves on technology and material goods, a world dominated and manipulated by the media, a world that flees God by taking refuge in noise.” (From The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise)