Pondering Tidbits of Truth - October 13, 2022

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

 

 

 

Alexander de Rouville

"The Holy Spirit does not tell everyone: 'Give away all that you have.' He does not require that degree of perfection from everyone, but He does say to everyone: 'Do not be attached to possessions.' God cannot establish His rule in a heart that is attached to the passing things of earth."

(From The Imitation of Mary)

 

Father Andrew Haggerty

"The idea that contemplation could be at one's personal disposal and available on demand is an obvious misconception. The only proper expectation is that the soul's yearning to love God has come from God and cannot be fruitless. A soul becomes contemplative on the condition that it takes seriously a need in love to give itself in a complete surrender to God."

(From The Contemplative Hunger)

 

 Servant of God Dolindo Ruotolo

"Amid the disharmony of our chaotic lives, the rosary is the instrument, the harp or the psaltery with its ten chords, for each group of harmonies. With the Rosary we continually raise a song of love from earth."

(From  Champions of The Rosary)

  

Pondering Tidbits of Truth - October 24, 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






St. Frances de Sales

"It is horrible irreverence to Him who with so much love and sweetness invites us to perfection, to say, ‘I do not want to be holy, or perfect, or to have a greater share in Your friendship, or to follow the counsels You give me to advance in it.” 

(From Finding God’s Will For You)

Pondering Tidbits of Truth - August 8, 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.

Saint Paul VI

"All things, all history converges in Christ. A man of sorrow and hope, He knows us and loves us. As our friend He stays by us throughout our lives; at the end of time He will come to be our judge; but we also know that He will be the complete fulfillment of our lives and our great happiness for all eternity. I can never cease to speak of Christ for He is our truth and our light; He is the way, the truth and the life. He is our bread, our source of living water who allays our hunger and satisfies our thirst. He is our shepherd, our leader, our ideal, our comforter and our brother."

(From  November 29, 1970 Homily) 

Pondering Tidbits of Truth - July 25, 2019

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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.

Saint Theophan the Recluse

When your mind does wander during prayer, bring it back. When it wanders again, bring it back again. Each and every time that you read a prayer while your thoughts are wandering (and consequently you read it without attention and feeling,) then do not fail to read it again. Even if your mind wanders several times in the same place, read it again and again until you read it all the way through with understanding and feeling. In this way, you will overcome this difficulty so that the next time, perhaps, it will not come up again, or if it does return, it will be weaker.

(From Homily I Beginning to Pray)