Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

 

Nothing of eternal value will result from keeping our necks in the sand. Now is the time to ponder what awaits all of us:   (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) "Reflect, then, on the sentiments that will be yours when you will stand before the tribunal of God, with no defenders but your good works, with no companion but your own conscience. And if then you will not be able to satisfy your Judge, who will give expression to the bitterness of your anguish?    For the question at issue is not a fleeting temporal life, but an eternity of happiness or an eternity of misery. Whither will you turn? What protection will you seek? Your tears will be powerless to soften your Judge; the time for repentance will be past. Little will honors, dignities, and wealth avail you, for 'Riches,' says the Wise Man, 'shall not profit in the day of vengeance, but justice shall deliver a man from death.' ( Prov.  11:4).   The unhappy soul can only exclaim with the prophet, 'The sorrow...

(Photo©Michael Seagriff) If we want to stop finding fault with others, let us come to the foot of the Cross and gaze into the eyes of our suffering, dying, loving God. Start your journey here .

He loves. He hopes. He waits. If He came down on our altars on certain days only, some sinner, on being moved to repentance, might have to look for Him, and not finding Him, have to wait. Our Lord prefers to wait Himself for the sinner for years rather than keep him waiting an instant. St. Peter Julian Eymard

We thank Allison Gingras and Elizabeth Reardon for hosting Worth Revisiting each week and encourage you to visit them regularly at Reconciled to You and Theology is a Verb , respectively. I wish to share this post with you: Mercy and Justice Go Hand in Hand  (Originally published on February 15, 2016)  There is not now, never has been, and never will be any human being [save for our Most Blessed Mother Mary], who is not a sinner.  We are all in need of God’s mercy – an undeserved and unlimited mercy so long as we have breath in our lungs, acknowledge and repent of our sin s and humble ourselves to ask for it!. The sad reality of our time, however, is that so few of us see any sin in our lives that would warrant requesting God’s mercy.   So foolishly we neither seek nor ask for it.   If that is the condition of our souls at the time of our bodily death, only Justice can await us – eternal separation from He Who loved and created us to b...