Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

  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 “If you want to equip your soul with virtue and acquire habitual sanctity, it is necessary to practice acts of the virtue which is contrary to your vicious inclinations…mortify your inclinations, even when the object itself is lawful, but not necessary. It will facilitate victory on other occasions; you will gain experience and strength against temptation and present yourself as acceptable to your Savior.  (From The Spiritual Combat and a Treatise On Peace of Soul )   Servant of God Catherine de Hueck Doherty   When a poustinik enters a poustinia [a small cabin or room where one goes in to pray, fast and encounter God in silence] he really faces himself. Much of the gospel is concerned with this facing of oneself. Christ said that it is what comes out of a man that defiles h...

  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 . Catherine Doherty, Servant of God “A person in love with God is always on the alert to make friends, make a friend – not for any ulterior motive but just because friendship is the fruit of Christian love. A stranger is only a friend I haven’t met yet.”  ( From Poustinia ) Dr. Peter Kreeft “We can consider him [Jesus Christ in every person and in ourselves] because he really is there. He is in his whole Body as your soul is in your whole body. We really do meet and touch and help or harm Christ in our neighbors. If we lived this one thought, we would convert and transform the world.” (From Christianity for Modern Pagans – Pascal’s Pensees ) St. Catherine of Siena "He will provide the way and the means, such as you could never have imagined. Leave it all to ...