Pondering Tidbits of Truth - October 22, 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.

St. John Vianney

"I come to tell you that they suffer in Purgatory, that they weep, and that they demand with urgent cries the help of your prayers and good works. I seem to hear them crying from the depths of those fires which devour them:

'Tell our loved ones, tell our children, tell all our relatives how great the evils are which they are making us suffer. We throw ourselves at their feet to implore the help of their prayers. Ah! Tell them that since we have been separated from them, we have been here burning in flames."

(From Handbook for the Holy Souls in Purgatory)

Archbishop Luis M. Martinez

"On the manger straw the celestial babe lay wrapped in the whitest of swaddling clothers. His sweet Mother contemplated Him in silence, her heart melted with tenderness, her soul absorbed in profound adoration. Jesus opened his eyes and from those two divine suns radiated His first look of love."

(From Only Jesus)

Father Jean Galot, S.J.

“Granted there is so much to admire in our world, how can the Author of it all fail to arouse infinitely greater admiration in those who discover Him? The quest to know God is never futile since God has indeed revealed Himself and allowed our minds to know Him. The Father has made Himself known in His Son who came into our midst and became one of us. The Father has given us a portrait of Himself in the human face of Jesus. He has made Himself accessible to our gaze while preserving the mystery inherent to His divine being, a mystery nonetheless into which He allows us to enter.” 

(From Abba, Father: We Long to See Your Face: Theological Insights into the First Person of the Trinity)