Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

(Image Source: Unsplash.com ) “I call Catholics to genuine conversion! Let us strive with all our heart to become in each of our Eucharistic celebrations ‘a pure Victim, a holy Victim, a spotless Victim!' Let us not be afraid of liturgical silence. How I would love it if pastors and the faithful would enter joyfully into this silence that is full of sacred reverence and love for the ineffable God. How I would love it if churches were houses in which the great silence prevails that announces and reveals the adored presence of God. How I would love it if Christians in the liturgy could experience the power of silence!”   (Robert Cardinal Sarah from The Power of Silence – Against The Dictatorship of Noise )

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 “Excessive, presumptuous, slanderous, and immoderate chatter often has disastrous consequences. Silence fosters recollection; it is always compromised by facile words and demagoguery. A person can recollect himself, but if he is not capable of holding his tongue, his meditation will not help him to enter into the mystery of God or to prostrate himself silently at the foot of his throne.”   (From The Power of Silence )   Vince Sigala “I was suddenly standing in the back of a church. Behind me were two, solidly heavy, large wooden doors. There was no way through this entrance from the outside and no way out of from the inside. I was made to know that the doors had been locked by God Himself. Outside of the doors, there was great confusion, chaos, horror, fear, and death. As I looked toward the altar, a pries...