Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

"In the night of humility into which God asks us to enter, we can encounter the burning power of His Love. And how much more profoundly is His tenderness that pushes Himself to give Himself to us in the Eucharist. Each time it is like an embrace that pulls us to His heart, at one at the the same time crucified and glorified."                                                          Cardinal Charles Journet

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) 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. Cardinal Charles Journet “The Church continues to live in her children who are not in the state of grace. The Church seeks to work against the evil that corrupts their souls. She struggles to keep them in her fold, to bring them back to life with her love. She con­serves them as one conserves a treasure not easily parted from. And it is not because she wants to carry around dead weight. She only hopes that through the power of patience, gentleness and pardon the sinner will make his return to her. It is like the withered branch which for lack of sap is allowed time to regain health and flower once more.” (From Theology of the Church )