Showing posts with label Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. Show all posts
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Pondering Tidbits of Truth - July 11, 2019



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.
 



Venerable Fulton J. Sheen

“God does not love us because we are lovely or loveable; His love exists not on account of our character, but on account of His. Our highest experience is responsive, not initiative. And so, it is only because we are loved by Him that we are loveable.”  

(From Rejoice)



Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati

"Each of you knows that the foundation of our faith is charity. Without it, our religion would crumble. We will never be truly Catholic unless we conform our entire lives to the two commandments that are the essence of the Catholic faith: to love the Lord, our God, with all our strength, and to love our neighbor as ourselves." 



(From The Saints' Little Book of Wisdom: The Essential Teachings)


 St. Faustina Kowalska

"For there are three ways of performing an act of mercy: the merciful word, by forgiving and by comforting; secondly, if you can offer no word, then pray—that too is mercy; and thirdly, deeds of mercy."  

(From The Diary of St. Faustina Kowalska)






Pondering Tidbits of Truth - January 10, 2019





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.
 







Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati

"In order to be Christian, our lives must be a continual renunciation and sacrifice. However, we know that the difficulties of this world are nothing compared to the eternal happiness that awaits us, where there will be no limit to our joy, no end to our happiness, and we shall enjoy unimaginable peace. And so, young people, learn from our Lord Jesus Christ the meaning of sacrifice."

(From Pier Giorgio Frassati: A Hero for Our Times)



Saint Peter Claver


"To love God as He ought to be loved, we must be detached from all temporal love. We must love nothing but Him, or if we love anything else, we must love it only for His sake."

(From The Catholic Church the Teacher of Mankind)



Blessed Dina Bélanger 


"I asked Him one day, not to let me be deceived by the devil. He explained how I could always recognize the difference between His Divine Voice and that of the tempter who so loves to play the role of imitator and deceiver. The Savior makes Himself heard only in hours of deep recollection, peace and silence. His Voice is soft, so soft that in the soul all must be hushed,' it is a melodious voice, while that of the devil is noisy, abrupt and discordant, and his words are uttered in the midst of agitation and tumult."

(From Visionaries, Mystics and Stigmatists Down Through The Ages)

Eucharistic Reflection - Would A Stranger Know?

  "The Eucharist is alive. If a stranger who knew nothing about the Eucharist were to watch the way we receive, would he know...