Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

(Photo©Michael Seagriff)   "There are times when we yearn for the real presence of loved ones who are no more.The Eucharistic Heart of the Savior has given us the real presence of His Body, His Blood, His Soul, and Divinity. Everywhere on earth wherever there is a consecrated host in a tabernacle, even in the most far-flung missions, He remains with us, the sweet companion of our exile. He is in each tabernacle, patiently waiting for us, eager to grant us favors, yearning for our prayers..." (Father Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. from Our Savior and His Love for Us )

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) "Let us remind ourselves that each of our Communions ought to be substantially more fervent than the preceding, since each of them ought to increase the love of God in us, and thus dispose us to receive our Lord with a greater fervor of will on the following day." (Father Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. from The Three Conversions in the Spiritual Life )

     

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.       Father Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. “Indeed, only then do we possess a truth completely when we teach it to others, when we make others share our contemplation; only then do we wholly love God when we desire to make Him loved by all. Give money away, or spend it, and it is no longer yours. But give God to others, and you possess Him more fully for yourself. We may go even further and say that, if we desired only one soul to be deprived of Him, if we excluded only one soul – even the soul of one who persecutes and calumniates us – from our own love, then God Himself would be lost to us.” (From The Three Conversions In The Spiritual Life )   Archbishop Louis M. Martinez “Human life is not a life of isolation; it is a life of association, of companionship. By the will of God, we were born in a family, which is p...