Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

All of us walking the face of this earth have become discouraged, even sometimes overwhelmed by the many challenges life throws at us. For some souls, this is just an occasional battle. For far too many of us, this is an on-going and debilitating one – especially if we do not realize we are embroiled in spiritual combat every day of our lives. It is nearly impossible to serve God and others when discouragement has taken root in our souls. Discouragement – spiritual discouragement - never originates with God. It is the Evil one who plants the seed, encourages its growth and seeks to destroy souls through it. His sole intent is to prevent us from doing God’s will in our lives. Few of us are well equipped to defeat this scoundrel! Overcoming Spiritual Discouragement – The Wisdom and Spiritual Power of Venerable Bruno Lanteri by Father Timothy Gallagher, O.M.V. will give you the insight and tools needed to fend off the demon’s unending attacks. It is with great gratitude that I than...

 

 

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 Louis of Granada, O.P. “Covetousness is an inordinate desire for riches…When you are assailed by this vice arm yourself with the following considerations: Remember that our Lord and Savior, at His coming into this world, disdained to possess riches which are the object of your desires. On the contrary, He so loved poverty that He chose for His mother not a rich and powerful queen, but a poor and humble Virgin. He willed to be born not in a palace, but in a bleak stable, the manger of which, covered with a little straw, was His only couch. During His life upon earth, He never ceased to manifest His love with poverty and His contempt for riches. For His Apostles he chose not the princes of great houses, but poor and ignorant fisherman. What greater presumption can there be than that of a base worm coveting riches, when the...

  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 "Do you find yourself turning inward, preoccupied by your anxieties and burdened by your failings? 'Instead of turning in on yourself, lift your gaze often with peace and love to God.' Often. With peace. With love. The less you focus on your failures and the more you gaze on the Lord with peace and love, the more your heart will lift, the stronger you will become, the more joy you will find. Tell Him that 'you want to be totally His' and, with boldness, tell Him that 'it is His to make you become better'!" (From Overcoming Spiritual Discouragement - The Wisdom and Spiritual Power of Venerable Bruno Lanteri )   Mother Mectilde of the Blessed Sacrament "Would to God that you could fathom the extreme and terrible evil that it is to sin. Oh! Sin, sin what harm you have ...