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.
Robert Cardinal Sarah
“Excessive, presumptuous,
slanderous, and immoderate chatter often has disastrous consequences. Silence
fosters recollection; it is always compromised by facile words and demagoguery.
A person can recollect himself, but if he is not capable of holding his tongue,
his meditation will not help him to enter into the mystery of God or to
prostrate himself silently at the foot of his throne.”
(From The Power of Silence)
Vince Sigala
“I was suddenly standing in the back of a church. Behind me
were two, solidly heavy, large wooden doors. There was no way through this
entrance from the outside and no way out of from the inside. I was made to know
that the doors had been locked by God Himself. Outside of the doors, there was
great confusion, chaos, horror, fear, and death. As I looked toward the altar,
a priest was elevating the Sacred Host, and people were kneeling in the pews
and in the isles, some with their heads touching the ground. Not a sound came
from any of them, only great reverence and silence. When the Host had reached
its highest elevation, crystal clear water, somewhat thick and with light
emanating from within it, flowed from the Sacred Host and into the air. The water
was alive, and it slowly washed over everyone there.”
(From The Warning- Testimonies and Prophecies of the
Illumination of Conscience)
Nagai Takashi
“All of us will have to render an
account of our lives when we die. God will not be interested in who or what we
were. No, only in this: how did we live? That will be the sole matter for
judgment. A company director won’t be able to pull rank on a waiter, and a fisherman’s
wife will be on a par with a millionaire’s wife. Ships’ officers will receive
no preference over ships’ cooks. All will be judged by exactly the same
measure: did we use our talents well and for his glory?”
(From A Song for Nagasaki)
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