Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

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 copy of his book.

(Photo©Michael Seagriff)  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 . Pope Benedict Emeritus XVI “We will know God to the extent that we are set free from ourselves.”     (From Dogma and Preaching: Applying Christian Doctrine to Daily Life )

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 . David  Torkington "Christian prayer is above all about love, and therefore first and foremost it is about learning to love a person. Just as in human love, the more you love and are loved by another, then the more you forget yourself. The joy that you experience is the result or the by-product of loving and being loved. If you seek it for itself, you will lose it, if you find it in the first place. The moment that love is turned into its counterfeit is the moment when selfishness desecrates the only thing that makes life worth living. Christian prayer begins by getting to know Jesus Christ, as the first disciples came to know him, and love him, and then through his love, entered into him. " (From Wisdom of Christian Mystics - How To Pray The Christian Way)   Blaise Pascal "There are only two ki...