Pondering Tidbits Of Truth - April 29, 2021

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.

 

 

 

St. Andre Bessett

 “When you invoke St. Joseph, you don’t have to say much. Say, ‘If you were in my place St. Joseph, what would you do? Well, pray for this on my behalf.’ ”

 (From https://holycrosscongregation.org/assets/406375/quotes_from_st._andr_bessette.pdf)

 

St. John Eudes

 “Continual submission to the holy will of God is the most universal of all virtues. Its practice should be most familiar to you, since at every moment there arise opportunities of renouncing your own will and submitting to the will of God.”   

(From A Year with the Saints: Daily Meditations with the Holy Ones of God By Paul Thigpen)

 

St. Therese of Lisieux

 "Do you realize that Jesus is there in the tabernacle expressly for you - for you alone? He burns with the desire to come into your heart."  

(From A Treasury of Quotations on the Spiritual Life from the Writings of St Francis de Sales by John McClernon)

 

On The Memorial of St. John Eudes

[Originally posted in 2014)

“Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make His spirit, His devotion, His affections, His desires and His disposition live and reign there. All our religious exercises should be directed to this end. It is the work which God has given us to do unceasingly.” 

                      (St. John Eudes from The Life and Reign of Jesus in Christian Souls)

Eucharistic Reflection - Mary’s Eucharistic Life

“Her life during those [last] years must have been an intense Eucharistic life. Who could ever receive Holy Communion in such a way as to be compared with her faith and fervor? If Holy Communion is the most intimate union of the soul with God, how fervent would her Communions be! It would seem to her that the Incarnation was renewed in every Holy Communion. On receiving Jesus she would again feel the effective, real and true Presence of her Son. Not a day would pass without her receiving Our Lord. Her Holy Communion would be the central action of every day. The whole day would seem far too short for her preparation and thanksgiving.

On The Feast Day of St. John Eudes

“Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make His spirit, His devotion, His affections, His desires and His disposition live and reign there. All our religious exercises should be directed to this end. It is the work which God has given us to do unceasingly.” 

                      (St. John Eudes from The Life and Reign of Jesus in Christian Souls)

Pondering Tidbits of Truth - September 27, 2012

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.

From St. John Eudes

“Our wish, our object, our chief preoccupation must be to form Jesus in ourselves, to make His spirit, His devotion, His affections, His desires and His disposition live and reign there. All our religious exercises should be directed to this end. It is the work which God has given us to do unceasingly.” 
                      (The Life and Reign of Jesus in Christian Souls)



From Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen


"Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even 'if everybody' is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right."

From Thomas Dubay, S.M.

 

In the view of St. Teresa of Avila and of St. John of the Cross, many think they are “listening to the Spirit”, whereas in fact they are hearing nothing other than their own ideas and desires. They baptize their own preferences and somehow convince themselves, at times others as well, that they enjoy a privileged access to the divine.

 

(From Fire Within)