Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

 

 

Our souls must be nourished with the Word of God (Sacred Scripture) and the wondrous fruits from the treasure trove of the Church’s spiritual reading. If we neglect to feed our soul, it will meet with the same fate as a neglected body – death – eternal death – and at a time known only to God. Am I exaggerating? Not according to St. Alphonsus Liguori, who warned us: “Without good books and spiritual reading, it will be morally impossible to save our souls.” Pondering Tidbits of Truth Volume VI will prevent spiritual malnutrition - one quotation at a time. To give you a sense of what you will find in this book, here is a sample: [52]    Father Jacques Philippe We can’t transform ourselves or effect our own conversion: only God’s grace can reach the extremity of our weakness. In faithfulness to the gospel – and also that we don’t weigh down others with a burden we can’t carry ourselves – we must understand that Christianity is not a religion of human effort but of grac...

    Pondering Tidbits of Truth - Volumes, 1, 2, 3 and 4     We are all busy people. There are probably more than a few days when we give God little or no consideration - not because we don’t love Him or don’t have a desire to get closer to Him or to learn more about Him or what He expects of us -but because we are overwhelmed by the responsibilities and trials of our earthly lives.  Let me ask you a few questions? Have you promised God that you would "fit Him" in that busy schedule of yours, but have not been successful in doing so? Perhaps you have not yet seen the value in making time for spiritual reading in your daily life. Are you among those who have approached spiritual reading as being worse than going to a dentist? Are you at the point in your spiritual life where you sense God prodding you to spend more time each day reading, pondering and reflecting on the truths of your Catholic faith, but you do n...