Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

  (Often quoted by Catherine Doherty, Servant of God and founder of Madonna House Apostolate)

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 .   Dom Lorenzo Scupoli “…in order to attain it [Christian perfection] you must resolve on a perpetual war with yourself and begin by providing yourself with four weapons without which it is impossible to gain the victory in this spiritual combat. These four things are: distrust of one’s self, confidence in God, proper use of the faculties of body and mind, and the duty of prayer.” (From The Spiritual Combat and a Treatise On Peace of Soul ) Paul Evdokimov “St. Teresa of Avila used to say that to pray is to treat God like a friend. The essence of prayer is to hear not only the voice of Christ, but the voice of each person I meet, in whom Christ also addresses me. His voice comes to me in every human voice, and his face is infinitely varied. It is present in the face of the wayfarer on the road to Em...