Pondering Tidbits of Truth - July 30, 2026

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 Jacques Philippe

“When a problem has robbed us of our peace, the most important thing is not to resolve the problem in the hope of regaining our peace, but to regain a minimum of peacefulness, and then to see what we can do to face the problem. We will avoid making irrational choices for all the wrong reasons. How do we get back this minimum level of peace? Essentially through prayer, listening to the Word, and believing that God will never abandoned us.”

(From Fire & Light: Learning to Receive the Gift of God)

 

Msgr. Romano Guardini

"[Some people], when they [receive Holy Communion], strive with all their might for sensible sweetness, instead of worshipping in humility and praising God within themselves. So much are they given to this, that they think when they derive no sensible sweetness, they have done nothing, so meanly do they think of God; neither do they understand that the least of the blessings of the Most Holy Sacrament is that which touches the senses, and that the invisible grace It confers is far greater; for God frequently withholds these sensible favors from men, that they may fix the eyes of faith upon Himself . . . All this is a very great imperfection, being against the purity of Faith, and directly at variance with the nature of God."

 

(Excerpt from Mediations Before Mass)

 

Father Anthony J. Paone, S.J.

"Lord, what have I to fear? You know all things and foresee everything which is to happen to me. Nothing can happen without Your consent. You never consent to anything which is really bad for me. Knowing all this,  can I have anything other than peace in my daily life? Let me not offend You by a lack of confidence. I trust in You.  I will do my best to remedy whatever difficulties arise, but whatever be the results of my efforts, I will accept them as Your holy W, In Your all-wise and loving Will I will find my peace. Amen.”

(From My Daily Bread)