Pondering Tidbits of Truth - September 26, 2019

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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







Cardinal Robert Sarah

“I wish to underline a very important fact here: God, not man is at the center of Catholic liturgy. We come to worship Him. The liturgy is not about you and me; it is not where we celebrate our own identity or achievements or exalt or promote our own culture and local religious customs. The liturgy is first and foremost about God and what He has done for us.” 

(Presentation to Sacra Liturgia Conference)

Eucharistic Reflection - Who Could Have Imagined It?

"In order to show me close up how ardently Thou lovest me, Thou comest from the purest delights of Heaven down to this dirty, miserable earth, spend Thy life in poverty, adversities and sufferings - finally to hang, despised, ridiculed and overwhelmed with pain, between two thieves on the shameful gibbet. By sacrificing Thyself in this horrible way, Thou hast redeemed me, O God of love! Who could have imagined it?

Eucharistic Reflection - The Most Precious Time of the Day

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"The time during which Jesus abides in us under the Sacramental Species is the most precious of the entire day…the soul then becomes a living tabernacle, indeed something even more. At that time, the soul of Jesus unites itself with our soul and becomes the soul of our soul.”

St. Maximilian Kolbe from For the Life of the World – St Maximilian and the Eucharist by Jerzy Domanski, O.F.M. Conv

The Wisdom St. Maximilian Kolbe

We know this martyr saint, whose feast day we commemorate today, offered his earthly life so that another might physically live.  His writings, although maybe not as well known as the manner of his death, make it clear that it was the preservation of one’s eternal life that was more important to him.

Why not honor this humble, loving priest by spending a few minutes reading and reflecting upon two unchanging spiritual principles he undoubtedly knew would be abandoned by so many after his death.

  

On Truth - No one in the world can change Truth. What we do and should do is seek It and serve It when It is found.

 

On Salvation of Souls - We have no right to rest as long as a single soul is Satan's slave.

I suspect if St. Maximilian Kolbe was still among us, he might ask each of us: “What have you done to serve the Truth and to save souls?”

What would your response be?