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. Father Richard D. Breton “May our parishes become beacons of hope in a culture that thirsts for meaning. May they become places where people say” ‘Here I encounter Christ. Here I belong. Here I am sent to share His love.’ May we [our] priests lead the way, with the laity at our side, trusting the Holy Spirit, grounded in the sacraments, committed to truth and open to renewal.” (From A Transcendent Brand of Hope and Renewal -  A Priest’s Reflection published in November 6, 2025 issue of The Wanderer )     D r. Gregory Popcak   "When you are at Mass, don't just go through the motions. Ask God to help you find Him in the Eucharist. When you hear or read Scripture, prayerfully ask God what He is saying to you through the words. When you pray, don't just say words at God. Bring your whole self to it, rededicate your li...

 

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) How much do you really love God? Listen to these words and then revisit your answer after reflecting upon these questions posed by Dom Mark Daniel Kirby, OSB. Want to be further challenged? Listen to Part I here.

We thank Allison Gingras at  Reconciled To You  and Elizabeth Riordan at  Theology Is A Verb   for hosting Worth Revisiting each week. It is a privilege to share our work with them and their followers .  We Don't Love God As He Deserves  (Originally posted on March 17, 2019) (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) Let's be honest. We need to take a closer look at how we treat the God we profess to love. Listen here.

We thank Allison Gingras at  Reconciled To You  and Elizabeth Riordan at  Theology Is A Verb   for hosting Worth Revisiting each week. It is a privilege to share our work with them and their followers . Here is my contribution:  Monday Musings - Do You Really Love God? (Originally posted on December 3, 2018) Dr. Peter Kreeft - teacher and author extraordinaire -  is one of those gifted men blessed with the ability to answer complicated philosophical and theological truths with just a handful of words.  Let me illustrate this point by sharing the following two sentence paragraph excerpted from his book, Christianity for Modern Pagans , a commentary and explanation of  Blaise Pascal's classic, Pensees: "Here is a test whether you really love God. Have you done or avoided or given up a single thing today solely because you believed that God wanted you to?" Chew on this for awhile and then get a c...

It is not enough to know that God loves us. His love requires a response from us - to love Him in return.  One way of expressing our love for Him is to spend time with Him. So few do.  Does He not deserve the gift of our presence and adoration?

Jesus : My friends, behold the Heart which has loved you beyond description, even far beyond the crucifixion of My body and soul on Calvary; see the Heart which has loved you to the complete giving of Itself, this Heart which will keep Me your prisoner forever, your captive in the Holy Tabernacle. Here in the divine Eucharist, I have exhausted, My inexhaustible love. Sad to say, it is also here that man comes to exhaust his boundless ingratitude! (Photo©Michael Seagriff) You parents, naturally so sensitive, whose hearts have suffered so much from cruel hurts inflicted by your own children whom you have often spoiled, add up, if you can, all your bitterness, add that to all the tears shed since the beginning of the world, in the garden of Paradise. All of that is but a drop of water compared to the fathomless shoreless ocean of My anguish on the holy Altar.

As we strive toward a more intimate relationship with the God we love, we will not only have to ask ourselves some tough questions (like the one above) but we must answer those queries truthfully  and change our lives accordingly: