Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

  (Photo©Lawrence Lew, O.P. Used With Permission) "Oh! If we could see the posture of the angels and the saints before the adorable Eucharist, we would not be so bold as to enter without fear, without respect, without amazement. Mother Mectilde of the Blessed Sacrament

 

    Pondering Tidbits of Truth my simple and inadequate way of providing nuggets of spiritual wisdom for you to chew on from time to time.       St. John Vianney “Take in one hand a sponge full of water, and in the other a little pebble; press them equally. Nothing will come out of the pebble, but out of the sponge will come abundance of water. The sponge is the soul filled with the Holy Spirit, and the stone is the cold and hard heart which is not inhabited by the Holy Spirit.” (From Sermons of St. John Marie Vianney )   Father Kevin M. Cusick “The vaccine for the real pandemic, one of fear, is faith. There is no real control possible over physical reality, the span of a human life or the world in which we live. Only faith can open the possibility of cooperating with the Creator, acknowledging our complete dependence upon Him now and in eternity. Through prayer, committed, regular and sincere, we grow in faith. Every time we kneel and pray...

“We must never lose sight of our holy tabernacles: it is there that we find our strength and our virtue. If human infirmity and affairs allowed, we should pass our whole life at the feet of our Divine Master. At least let us go there as often as possible, and quit so many futile occupations that rob us of precious time claimed for what we owe the love of a God. Photo by Josh Applegate on Unsplash Far from us be disgust, negligence and frivolity. Alas! is it possible that it should be burdensome for us to converse with our Sovereign Lord? Where is one better off than close to one’s Father, to one’s spouse, to one’s all? To live with Jesus – is this not to begin to live on earth the life that we are called to live in heaven? Ah! Can we say that we have faith if we complain of the length of time we spend before the Most Holy Sacrament? What, however, does one see in the world, and perhaps even among us? Poor creatures, fragile nothings, worms of the earth, for which it is such ...