Harvesting The Fruits of Contemplation

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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. This week all three tidbits are gifts from Venerable Fulton J. Sheen Venerable Fulton J. Sheen "Our Lord never promised safety to His Apostles; He promised them persecution. He did not promise them health or comfort. He promised strength to bear their trials."                                       (From March 18, 2025 Reflection on  Sheen Institute ) Venerable Fulton J. Sheen "To a great extent, the world is what we make it. We get back what we give. If we sow hate, we reap hate; if we scatter love and gentleness, we harvest love and happiness. Other people are like a mirror which reflects back on us, the kind of image we cast..." (From Way to Happiness ) Venerable Fulton J Sheen "...there are few listeners, although St. Paul tells us that 'faith comes...

 

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. Father Jacques Philippe   “The fact that we can’t save ourselves is something we acknowledge in words, but in fact we find it very hard to accept. We’d all like to be saved by our own efforts…to shine in other people’s eyes, even on the spiritual level. Worldly people want to be highly regarded because they have luxurious cars, expensive watches, designer clothes, professional prestige, and go around with beautiful people. As good Christians, we may want to stand out for our virtues, charisms, experience, and sound judgement. Then we consider that we are on the right path. But in fact we’re in danger of ending up with exactly the same mindset as the worldly people described above. Very often, without realizing it, we have a worldly outlook on the spiritual life: self-fulfillment, self-affirmation, expansion of the ego, etc. And spiritual prid...

 

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. Pio of Petrelinca “There are two things in the world that will never forsake you: the eye of God that always sees you, and the heart of His Mother that always follows you.”   Venerable Fulton J. Sheen “We always make the same fatal mistake thinking that it is what we do that matters when really what matters is what we let God do to us. God sent the angel to Mary, not to ask her to do something, but to let something be done. Since God is a better artisan than you, the more you abandon yourself to Him, the happier He can make you.”   St. Pope John Paul II “ As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.”

 

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 Fulton J. Sheen “The man who thinks only of himself says only prayers of petition; he who thinks of his neighbor says prayers of intercession; he who thinks only of loving and serving God, says prayers of abandonment to God’s will, and this is the prayer of the saints.”   (From Lenten Mediations With Fulton J. Sheen ) St. Teresa of Avila “Do not suppose that after advancing the soul to such a state God abandons it so easily that it is light work for the devil to regain it. When His Majesty sees it leaving Him, He feels the loss so keenly that He gives it in many a way a thousand secret warnings which reveal to it the hidden danger. In conclusion, let us strive to make constant progress: we ought to feel great alarm if we do not find ourselves advancing, for without doubt the evil one must be planning to injure us in some way; it ...

 

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. Alice Von Hildebrand “The saint is precisely he who lives in constant and intimate communion with God, he who does not allow anything or anyone to separate him from God, he who victoriously links to God everything happening to him, sickness or health, poverty or wealth, infamy or fame from Solitude and Communion.   (From  Solitude and Communion )     Ven. Fulton J. Sheen “The forgiveness of sin is a greater manifestation of the power of God than the creation of the world. Creation makes something out of nothing. Forgiveness puts something into nothing. But the forgiveness that opens paradise is obtained as the thief obtained his, namely by asking for it.  " (From  Lord   Teach Us To Pray: A Fulton Sheen Anthology )   C hristine Watkins "Our Lady never shouldered any undertaking or spoke serious words with...

 

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.       Pope Benedict XVI "God has done everything; He has done the impossible: He was made flesh. His all-powerful love has accomplished something which surpasses all human understanding: the Infinite has become a child, has entered the human family. And yet, this same God cannot enter my heart unless I open the door to Him." (From Urbi et Orbi Message - Christmas 2012)     Venerable Fulton J. Sheen "Alienation from self and from one’s fellow men has its roots in separation from God. Once the hub of the wheel, which is God, is lost, the spokes, which are men, fall apart. God seems very far away from the modern man: this is due, to a great extent, to his own Godless behavior." (From Go To Heaven )   Christine Watkins “As painful and humiliating as it may feel, practice h...