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 .   Robert Cardinal Sarah  "Only the truth is powerful in and of itself. It does not need to rely on the strength of armies or money. Our world veils its face in the presence of truth; it does not want to see it. Many people in our time get irritated and go away disdainfully as soon so someone talks about truth or refers to an objective truth that precedes us. That appears to them to be a synonym of dogmatism and intolerance, opposed to progress. But the truth is the light, an indisputable and liberating reality. The truth is indestructible because it comes from God; it is a face of God." (From The Day Is Now Far Spent ) St. Vincent Ferrer, O.P.  "It generally happens, in fact, by God's permission, that a person who judges others falls into the fault with which he reproaches them, or ...

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. Vincent Ferrer   "...for when the soul is completely occupied by charity there is no longer any room in her for vanity. All that she thinks, says and does is inspired by charity...vanity finds no place in a heart filled with charity. What concern can he still have for temporal advantages, since he looks upon them as refuse? How can the desire for praise enter his heart, when he see himself before God as a vile dunghill, as a miserable sinner inclined toward every kind of sin and who would commit them all, did not the hand of the Creator constantly support him? How can he take pride in any good work when he sees clearer than daylight that he could do no  good if divine power did not impel him and constrain him, so to speak, at every moment?. How can he attribute anything whatever to himself when he has experienced not a hundred ...