Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

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.   Peter Kreeft   "There are only two persons you can never, ever escape, not for one moment, either in time or in eternity: God and yourself." (From How to Be Holy: First Steps in Becoming a Saint )   Father Charles Arminjon   “In truth, if the earth and all it contains must one day disappear by fire, the goods of this world are no more to be esteemed than wood and straw. What point is there, then, in making them the object of our desires and cares? Why seek to build and leave marks of our genius and power where we have no permanent abode, and where the form of this world will be removed, like a tent that has no travelers to shelter? It may be said that it will be a thousand years before this frightening cata...

 

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons )   "Remove the fear of eternal punishment from mankind, and the world will be filled with crime...Hell will simply happen sooner; instead of being postponed until the future life, it will be inaugurated in the midst of humanity, in the present life." (Father Charles Arminjon from The End of the Present World)