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.
Monsignor Ronald A. Knox
“Why did the Lord include so many
fishermen among his Apostles? ... What were the good points that He saw in
them? I think there was one thing which He specially appreciated in those who
were to be his Apostles: an unshakeable patience ... They had worked all night
and had caught nothing; long hours of waiting after which the grey light of
dawn was to bring them their reward; but there was none.
What a lot of waiting the Church of Christ has had to endure throughout the
centuries ... patiently extending her invitation and leaving grace to do its
work! ... What does it matter if she has worked very hard in one place or
another and reaped very little for her Master? On the basis of his word; in
spite of everything, she will launch her nets again until such time as His
grace, the limits of which are in no way proportioned to human efforts, brings
her again a new catch of fish.”
(Sermon preached on
the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, June 29, 1947)
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