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. St. Leonard of Port Maurice "To be saved for all eternity, to be damned for all eternity, and to not make your every effort to avoid the one and make sure of the other, is something inconceivable." (From The Little Number of Those Who Are Saved ) Lisa Brenninkmeyer "Let’s take a closer look at the people Jesus loved in the Gospels. It wasn’t just the cleaned-up, spiritually open, nicely behaved people. Jesus loved the ones with scandalous sexual sins, the perfectionists, the dirty outcasts, the cheaters, the ones who were lying to themselves, and the ones who spent most of their lives ignoring Him." (From   Rest: 31 Days of Peace Devotional -  (Daily Catholic Wisdom )   St. Vincent Ferrer, O.P. "If you truly want to help the soul of your neighbor, you should approach God first with all your heart. Ask him simply to fill you ...

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 .     Venerable Bruno Lanteri “Remember that we do not acquire holiness in twenty-four hours nor without continual defects and failings. The awareness that we will commit many failings, even very many, greatly helps us toward holiness because it roots us in self-knowledge and in humility, and this is one of the foundations of our sanctification, the other being an invincible hope in divine mercy.   Be attentive, then, not to allow yourself to be discouraged by any defect, and be always ready to begin at every moment. Only be faithful to this, and I promise you that you will become holy.” (From Overcoming Spiritual Discouragement – The Wisdom and Spiritual Power of Venerable Bruno Lanteri )     St. Vincent Ferrer, O.P. “What should impel us more strongly to regulate our exterior actions and movements than the th...

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. Vincent Ferrer, O.P. "The seven dispositions with relation to our Lord in which you should exercise yourself are as follows: Love Him with most ardent love; Fear Him above all things; Render Him the honor and respect which are His due; Have a most constant zeal in His service; in addition to which, Thank and praise Him ; Obey promptly and perfectly His commands; and Relish the divine sweetness as keenly as possible." (From A Treatise On The Spiritual Life )    Venerable Bruno Lanteri "Anxieties, temptations, aridity, heaviness of heart, tribulations, injuries, unpleasant situations, offenses, ingratitude, crosses, matters which do not go well, and sorrows of various kinds:  I will expect all these, even from those I love and whom I have helped. But I will never consider them as evil nor will I regard their origin...

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 .   Robert Cardinal Sarah  "Only the truth is powerful in and of itself. It does not need to rely on the strength of armies or money. Our world veils its face in the presence of truth; it does not want to see it. Many people in our time get irritated and go away disdainfully as soon so someone talks about truth or refers to an objective truth that precedes us. That appears to them to be a synonym of dogmatism and intolerance, opposed to progress. But the truth is the light, an indisputable and liberating reality. The truth is indestructible because it comes from God; it is a face of God." (From The Day Is Now Far Spent ) St. Vincent Ferrer, O.P.  "It generally happens, in fact, by God's permission, that a person who judges others falls into the fault with which he reproaches them, or ...